As the first step in CLARISSA’s systemic action research, we collected life stories from children during the pandemic. The life…
Terre des hommes Foundation
Tdh is a leading child relief agency, improving the lives of millions of the world’s most vulnerable children across nearly 50 countries in development and humanitarian contexts. It works in partnership with children, families, communities and brokers, harnessing their expertise and experiences to understand what drives the worst forms of child labour (WFCL). As a core partner Tdh’s role is as the host organisation in Bangladesh to support the country team to implement participatory processes and manage CLARISSA’s innovative social protection pilot.
Non-Violent Communication in everyday life
In March, members of the team in Bangladesh (Community Mobilisers and Lead Community Mobilisers) participated in a training course in…
Bringing children into the life story collection process
At the beginning of March, the CLARISSA Nepal team worked with children to support the collection of their life stories….
Exposing the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh’s Leather Sector
As one of the country’s biggest employers and its second largest exporter, the leather sector is big business in Bangladesh….
We dry the cowhide while our skin dries in the sun
Drying cowhide is a laborious job. You need to continuously turn the hide, stand by it to ensure they are…
5 reflections on operationalising CLARISSA to generate evidence
As we start a new year, and especially, as 2021 is the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour,…
Reflections on if and how our partnership is working in Bangladesh
Effective partnership working is crucial to producing quality results, especially when working with complex problems such as the worst forms…
The pandemic pushes more children into the Worst Forms of Child Labour
I met Rafique*, while he was taking a small break and drinking tea at the roadside. I was collecting life…
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…
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….