Progress towards the UN global goal to ‘eliminate child labour in all its forms by 2025’ will not be made…
Social Protection
How can we tackle the causes, not the symptoms of harmful child labour?
To make progress towards reducing the worst forms of child labour by 2025, efforts need to focus on where those…
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…
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…
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 ‘Cash Plus’ intervention for children in exploitative work
Social protection policies have been lauded for their many positive effects on children’s lives. Cash transfer programmes, in particular, have…