| Population |
Girls in Nepal consist 49% of the total child population. |
| Literacy Rate |
Literacy rate of girls is 42.8% compared to 65% with
the boys. In Nepal, primary school going girls is 74%
compared to 86% with the boys. |
| Child Marriage |
21% of total marriages in Nepal are held with girls
below 16 years. 7% of child marriages are held with children
below 10 years. 41% of girls give birth to a child before
the age of 19. |
| Child Labor Exploitation |
Most of the household chores and child rearing activities
are the responsibility of girls. Girls aged between 10-14
works double as compared to boys in the same age group.
In Nepal, 26 lakh children are working in different fields
of labor. Among this, 56% are reported to be girls. |
| Girl Trafficking |
Girls are trafficked for different purposes including
domestic work, forced beggary and marriage, carpet weaving
and for sex trade. About 20% (i.e. 40,000) of the total
trafficked women for sex trade are girls below 16 years.
Around 12,000 girl children are trafficked in a year.
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| Child Malnutrition |
Child malnutrition in Nepal is 56.2% in which the state
of girls is more vulnerable than boys. Biologically boys
are vulnerable to diseases but because of the societal
behaviour, girls tend to be vulnerable. |
| Child sexual exploitation |
Almost 60% of survivors of child sex abuse and rape
are girls below 18 years. Most of them are abused either
at home, educational institution, work place or any given
place. They are insecure in all these places. |
| Gender Discrimination |
Discrimination of girls is rampant in every sector of
society including education, economy, health care and
work wage. |
| Street Children |
Among 5000 street children in Nepal around 5% are girls. |
| Conservative Tradition |
omen and girls are regarded as "untouchable during menstrual
period. In some parts of far western Nepal, they are not
even allowed to stay inside home and forced to stay outside,
mostly in the cattle house. Despite legal prohibition,
sexual exploitation of girls in the form of traditional
and religious customs, such as Deuki, Badi, Jhuma still
exists in Nepal. |
| Armed Conflict |
In past 12 years, 475 children have died due to internal
armed conflict. Among them 139 are girls. In the course
of armed conflict many incidences of sexual abuse of girls
has been made public. Similarly, many children including
girls have been displaced to city areas and are involved
in exploitative labor sectors. (Source: CWIN NRC) |
