Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) is a recently completed evidence and innovation-generation programme, responding to the…
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Child labour programme in Bangladesh highlights key learnings to government
On the 6th of March, CLARISSA Bangladesh held the final dissemination event, “From Evidence to Action: Collaborating to Combat Child…
Bridging worlds with evidence-based, child-led advocacy in South Asia
For the last two days, I’ve been in Bhutan, attending a regional consultation with children and young people from six…
Mamataj’s story: Right to disability protection
Last year, one of the life stories that the CLARISSA Bangladesh team collected was picked as part of UN’s 9…
Breaking free from the theory of change straight jacket
There is weak evidence of what leads children into worst forms of child labour (WFCL) and many responses simply don’t…
Unconditional cash support sparks transformation: A story from CLARISSA Social Protection Intervention in Dhaka
The CLARISSA Social Protection (SP) intervention provided six months of unconditional cash transfers to every household in the Gojmohol neighbourhood,…
Girl advocates in Bangladesh respond to Obama, Clooney and Gates’ child marriage campaign
In my role working with children and young people who have been affected by child marriage, I am evaluating child-led…
The Veil as Armour: Observations from the CLARISSA project
The CLARISSA consortium seeks to find innovative solutions for children in hazardous and exploitative labour. Currently, the BRAC Institute of…
Beyond the Participatory Action Research Process – Achievement with Business Owners!
Three months after formally closing down the action research group, “Night Entertainment Business Association Group of Dohori and Dance Bar…
Improving Community Health: The Power of Needs-Based Community Mobilizing and Health Camps
The CLARISSA Social Protection intervention’s objective is to support people in building their individual, household, and group capacities. Our hypothesis…