This research and evidence paper fills a critical gap in understanding how spatial and relationship neighbourhood dynamics contribute to and…
Consortium for Street Children
CSC is a global network united to make the voices and views of street children heard on the issues that matter to them. With limited options, many street-connected children engage in hazardous and exploitative labour to survive. As a core partner, CSC will work with partners in Bangladesh and Nepal to deliver participatory processes and innovations focused on increasing the children’s options, allowing them to avoid hazardous and exploitative labour. CSC also provide an advocacy role, particularly in supporting participants in-country with advocacy messages, international advocacy and sharing learning activities.
The Domestic Market and its Relationship to the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh’s Leather Industry
This survey was limited in focus. It was designed simply to establish the extent to which small enterprises in the…
Opening the Black Box of Participatory Action Research in Response to the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Nepal and Bangladesh
How, for whom, and under what conditions does Participatory Action Research (PAR) generate innovation to tackle the drivers of the…
4 ways Participatory Adaptive Management practices helped respond to the worst forms of child labour
Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) is a recently completed evidence and innovation-generation programme, responding to the…
CLARISSA’s participation in the UNCRC direct exchange
CLARISSA places a particular focus on listening to and including children in all decisions that affect them. In Nepal and…
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…
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…
Homelessness and contemporary forms of slavery: Causes, connections, and countermeasures
The UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery will present his thematic report on Homelessness as a cause and…
Listening to children: 2022’s inquiry into exploitative child labour
In this blog Stephen Collins, Consortium for Street Children’s Senior Legal and Advocacy Officer describes the contribution of the CLARISSA programme…
APPG on Street Children inquiry: The ‘small business’ of child labour
Large, multinational businesses are typically at the heart of conversations about tackling child labour, yet we are increasingly aware that…