Emerging insights from a cross-institutional collaboration
A side event to the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour
Objective
To share preliminary insights, findings, and joint messages on emerging lessons from the Asia Regional Child Labour Programme – which is generating key shared learning andsectoral collaboration across institutions, that will link directly to the Conference Call To Action. Since 2018, the programme has supported initiatives to build evidence on the drivers and causes of child labour in South Asia and to introduce a range of innovative interventions to reduce the vulnerability of children and protect them from exploitation.
Organization
Collaboration between UNICEF, ILO, a civil society consortium led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS),and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Speakers
Andrew Clayton – Senior Social Development Advisor in the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Danny Burns – CLARISSA programme director and Professor at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Ramya Subrahmanian – Chief, Child Rights and Protection, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti
Eshani Ruwanpura – Child Protection Specialist at the UNICEF Regional Office in South Asia (ROSA)
Lorenzo Guarcello – Research and Evaluation unit of ILO
To find out more about the side event, and about other events at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, check out the official website.
If you missed our side event, make sure you check out the recording!