This Research and Evidence Paper presents the theory-based and participatory evaluation design of the Child Labour: Action-Research- Innovation in South…
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How to develop capacity in the international development sector
In her acclaimed study of effective cross-organizational teamwork, Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmonson concluded that “trying things that…
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,…
In Conversation: How can Nepal eliminate the worst forms of child labour?
In May 2022, the CLARISSA Nepal team organised a conversation between child labour experts, hosted by Nepal Live Today. The…
Addressing Child Labour in South Asia: Emerging insights from a cross-institutional collaboration
Emerging insights from a cross-institutional collaboration A side event to the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour…
Child labour is rife in adult entertainment businesses in Nepal
As CLARISSA launches its campaign ‘Shift the Focus: The Small Business of Child Labour’ we are asking why this matters…
Building rapport for action research with the community in Bangladesh
When the CLARISSA team first started working in the community in 2020, COVID-19 was already prevalent in Bangladesh – many…
Finally telling their stories
Every child who works as a child labourer in Bangladesh’s leather industry has a story to tell. A story of…
Safeguarding the mental health of children in child labour in Nepal
According to the ILO, 79 million children are in “hazardous work in the world (pdf)”, which poses an immediate danger…