The exploitative practice of child labour has come to be recognized as a major socio-economic problem. Child labour jeopardizes children’s potential to become productive adults, robbing them of their health, their education and their prospects for a better future. It is an affront to the principles of social justice, child rights and to the protection of human rights. Children are among the most neglected, abused and exploited segments of the population, exposed to such worst forms of labour as trafficking for sexual exploitation. The need to restrict and eradicate such intolerable forms of child labour has become an essential element of a national development strategy to achieve sustainable growth and protect human rights. His Majesty’s Government of Nepal (HMG/N) has repeatedly expressed its commitment to eliminating the worst forms of child labour, and the government is currently in the process of ratifying the new ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, No. 182. This Rapid Assessment aims to shed new light on the plight and lives of Nepalese girls trafficked within their country or across the border to India, for sexual exploitation. The findings of this study will help complete the vast gaps in knowledge and information on this topic, and thus provide invaluable background to future action programmes aimed at eliminating this worst form of child labour. More specifically, the study focuses on uncovering the causes, characteristics, magnitude and consequences of these children and their involvement in this hidden worst form, and to offer recommendations based on these findings. This study is based on the Rapid Assessment (RA) methodology developed by the International Labour Organization/ International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (ILO/IPEC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The Rapid Assessment combines both quantitative and qualitative data gathering tools, and is aimed at obtaining in-depth knowledge of a given phenomenon within only three months.
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Publisher:
IPEC/ILO, TU, CDPS
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Type / Script:
Progress Report
in English
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Keywords:
CHILD LABOUR, TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN, SALE OF CHILDREN, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, CHILD PROSTITUTION, CHILDREN, ILLICIT TRAFFIC, SLAVERY, RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, CHILD ABUSE, SOCIAL PROBLEMS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD WELFARE, PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS, VIOLENCE, HUMAN RIGHTS, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD SAFETY, CHILD SUPPORT, CHILD SURVIVAL, GIRLS, PARENTS.
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Thematic Group:
ILO
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International Labor & Labor
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Thesaurus:
14.04.02
- Crime And Criminal Justice
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