Nepal, June 12 Sunita (name changed), a 15-year-old girl from the Makawanpur district in central Nepal, left her home to work in a carpet factory in Kathmandu three years ago after her mother passed away. Her story perhaps symbolises millions of similar stories of Nepali child labourers, particularly from remote, marginalised communities-forced to migrate internally for survival. After three years of child labour, Sunita was rescued and.
The government has developed the ‘Standard for Operation of Livelihood Improvement Programme, 2021’ prioritising employment for indigent and single women on the basis of their skills, capacity, and qualification to provide them economic and social opportunities.