Anti-Child Labour Rhetoric, Child Protection and Young Carpet Weavers in Kathmandu, Nepal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12600778 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom O’neill (0000-0002-0088-8949, corresponding author), Thomas A O’Neill (0000-0002-8336-5763, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 413-431 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Youth Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-6261 • E-ISSN: 1469-9680 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1367626032000162122 |
| OpenAlex | W2321178049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
TThe reputation of the Nepalese carpet industry as one in which young children are forced to labour is persistent, even after efforts by both the Nepalese state, industry organizations and non-government organizations to eradicate it. In this paper, I reflect on ethnographic field research to discuss the aftermath of adverse publicity in Europe and North America about child labour practices in the industry. In particular, the claim that children are debt-bonded, misled or otherwise coerced to weave carpets continues to be made both locally and internationally, and has contributed to a decline in carpet exports. Recent data, however, collected with the collaboration of the Nepal Independent Carpet Worker's Union, indicates that these forms of coercion are not necessarily experienced by most young—but not child—carpet weavers, who were victimized not so much by traditional labour practices, but by the capricious cycles of global capitalism. Efforts to protect children from the risks of hazardous carpet work contribute to the ongoing decline of the industry, making it more difficult for young carpet weavers to earn a sustainable wage from their labour
Business · Capitalism · Child labour · Debt · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Political science · Publicity · Reputation · Wage · Work (physics · Children's Rights and Participation · Engineering · Law
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |