According to national resolutions and legislation, child labour is defined as children aged 5-13 years working for at least 1…
Participatory
Designing contribution analysis of participatory programming to tackle the worst forms of child labour
This Research and Evidence Paper presents the theory-based and participatory evaluation design of the Child Labour: Action-Research- Innovation in South…
Why is child participation not yet fully embedded in responses to child labour?
Involving children in decisions that impact them is a good thing, right? After all, it should be ‘nothing about us,…
Learning from life story collection and analysis with children who work in the leather sector in Bangladesh
In 2021 in Bangladesh, we collected 405 life stories from children living in Hazaribagh, Hemayetpur, Lalbagh, and Bhairab in Dhaka,…
What do we gain by engaging with and listening to working children?
This year, to mark World Day Against Child Labour, two members of the Children Advocacy Group (CAG) in Bangladesh featured…
Capacity Development in a Participatory Adaptive Programme: the Case of the Clarissa Consortium
Doing development differently rests on deliberate efforts to reflect and learn, not just about what programmes are doing and achieving,…
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…