Large, multinational businesses are typically at the heart of conversations about tackling child labour, yet we are increasingly aware that…
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.
Call for Evidence: APPG on Street Children Inquiry into Child Labour
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Street Children is an informal cross-party group of MPs and Peers who are interested…
The ‘Small Business of Child Labour’ campaign launched
Progress towards the UN global goal to ‘eliminate child labour in all its forms by 2025’ will not be made…
Advocating for Change in Nepal’s Adult Entertainment Sector
The United Nations Human Rights Council has a powerful role to play in addressing the worst forms of child labour….
How can we tackle child labour by 2025?
On the World Day Against Child Labour, there is a call to action to end child labour by 2025, in…
Listening to working children is a legal obligation – not a choice
If the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour truly seeks to help working children then policymakers will listen…
Evaluating CLARISSA: Innovation Driven by a Participatory Learning Agenda
Children end up in child labour as a result of many, often unknown or hidden, interactions between multiple actors and…
Let’s talk about human chains, not value chains
The term ‘value chain’ is often associated with business jargon of “design, production, marketing and distribution” and the activities it…
In the COVID-19 pandemic how do children who work in the streets survive?
In recent weeks, countries across South and South-Eastern Asia, including Bangladesh and Nepal have implemented a raft of containment measures…
Doing advocacy with a big ‘A’ and a small ‘a’
At the core of the Child Labour Action Research in South and Southern Asia consortium (CLARISSA) is the impetus to…