Simran* is 14 years old and lives in Kathmandu. “I go to work in the morning, bringing along my school…
Action Research
Shuvashish’s Life Story
Shuvashish* is 17 years old and lives with his parents. “My brother doesn’t live with us. He got married and…
Pavel’s life story
Pavel* is 15 years old and lives in Hazaribagh with his parents. “We live in one room, where I sleep…
Anita’s Life Story
My name is Anita* and I am from Eastern Nepal. I am 18 years old. We are a family of…
Rita’s Life Story
My name is Rita* and I live with my father, mother, and brother. My sister is married. My mother drinks…
Building rapport for action research with the community in Bangladesh
When the CLARISSA team first started working in the community in 2020, COVID-19 was already prevalent in Bangladesh – many…
Understanding the worst forms of child labour in Bangladesh’s leather sector
The leather sector is one of the most profitable sectors in Bangladesh and is a major contributor to the country’s…
Designing a Participatory Programme at Scale: Phases 1 and 2 of the CLARISSA Programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour
CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia) is a large-scale Participatory Action Research programme which aims to identify,…
A single story does not tell us what we need to know about child labour
We know that it can be tempting to tell a single story to persuade and influence action and change. But…
Safeguarding the mental health of children in child labour in Nepal
According to the ILO, 79 million children are in “hazardous work in the world (pdf)”, which poses an immediate danger…