Approaches to Children's Work and Rights in Nepal

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9749247
AutoresRachel Baker (0000-0003-2700-2682, University of Edinburgh), Rachel Hinton (0009-0001-5341-4595, Nepal)
Ano2001
Volume575
Fascículo1
Páginas176-193
Data de publicação2001-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716201575001011
OpenAlexW4233199479
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas4

Current economic and political trends present particular challenges for countries dealing with the development of industry without the social infrastructure needed to uphold citizens' rights. As free trade demands competitiveness in global markets, so the demand for cheap labor rises. This has specific implications for children. This article argues that despite new legislation to fulfil the requirements of international mandates (such as the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and International Labor Organization Convention 182 on the worst forms of child labor), rights-based programming does not sufficiently incorporate the perspectives of poor children and their family members. This article draws on recent ethnographic research that pioneered a collaborative model in which government, voluntary, private, and trade union organizations conducted research to compare the impact of current approaches to child labor on the livelihoods of working children. It shows that in failing to incorporate sociocultural understanding in program planning, services fail to maximize their potential in offering children opportunities to end the cycle of poverty

Agriculture · Business · Convention · Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Human rights · International human rights law · Legislation · Livelihood · Political science · Politics · Poverty · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Work (physics · Children's Rights and Participation · Engineering · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nepal