Child Labours in Hotel and Restaurants (A Case Study in Kalimati, Kathmandu Metropolitan City)
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Department of Rural Development
Abstract
The researcher has tried to depict the socio economic situation of the child laborers
working in the hotel and restaurant. To analyze the situation the researcher has
chosen Kalimati area of Kathmandu District as the sample. The study is based on
the primary data collected from different small hotel and restaurant of the Kalimati
area of Kathmandu District in 2011. The researcher has found that the situation of
the children working in the hotel and restaurant are worse. This is so because they
are exploited at their work place.
The reason why they are here to work is mainly due to the poor economic
condition although there is some other cause like broken family etc. As the site
selection for the Research was taken as Kathmandu district so most of the child
workers seems to be from the near district of the selected area i.e. Dhading,
Makawanpur, Kavre, Nuwakot, Rasuwa. Some are found to be from the district
which is far like Chitawan and Udayapur etc. One worker was found to be from
the India. The child laborers are compelled to work beyond their capacity and they
even have to face harsh and hard voice. The master are not even conscious about
the health of the child working their