Children Working in the Carpet Industry of Nepal: Prevalence and Conditions

ICF International, 2012

This Nepal chapter of Prevalence and Condition (PC) study is a part of report of “Research on Children Working in the Carpet Industry of India, Nepal and Pakistan”. The main objective of the study was to produce reliable, statistically sound and nationally representative estimated of the prevalence of working children and child labor in the carpet industry in Nepal. The study assesses children’s working conditions in the production process of carpet industry and compared living conditions of children working in the carpet industry and children working in the other industries in Nepal.