As we start a new year, and especially, as 2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour,…
Participatory
Separating the emotional from the practical in writing up life stories
As part of the Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia Bangladesh team, it is my role to collect…
Live Twitter chat: Building a picture of worst forms of child labour: Life stories from the ground
On Universal Children’s Day, Danny Burns, Director, CLARRISA and Pragya Lasmal, Senior Participatory Action Researcher, CLARISSA join @IDS_UK in a Twitter Live…
Children’s Engagement with Exploitative Work in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Despite decades of interventions aiming to reduce child labour, children’s engagement with exploitative work remains widespread, particularly in South Asia….
A chance to build trust and rapport in the global pandemic
The last 15 years has seen a massive expansion into Adult Entertainment Sectors (AES) in Nepal – not for one…
COVID-19: Learning in a virtual world
Who would have thought that 2020 would be so confined to a virtual world? When COVID19 started spreading in Nepal,…
Where are children’s voices on the World Day Against Child Labour?
The World Day Against Child Labour serves as a stark reminder that not all children are equal and there is…
By choice or by chance? Hazardous work for children in Myanmar
According to a workforce survey conducted by the International Labour Organization (ILO) over 600,000 child labourers in Myanmar are engaged…