This survey was limited in focus. It was designed simply to establish the extent to which small enterprises in the…
Leather Sector in Bangladesh
Worst Forms of Child Labour in the Bangladesh Leather Industry: A Synthesis of Five Years of Research by Children, Small Business Owners, NGOs, and Academics
CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South‑Eastern Asia), a research programme on worst forms of child labour (WFCL), aims…
A Day in the Life of a Working Child in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Synthesis of 25 Stories about Children’s Days
This synthesis paper summarises patterns in the lived experience of 25 children in Hazaribagh, Dhaka who went about a typical…
Qualitative Analysis of 405 Life Stories from Children Working in the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh
The CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia) programme is a five-year, action research consortium generating evidence-informed, innovative…
Informal Economy Perspectives on the Prevalence of Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh’s Leather Industry
The CLARISSA programme aims to understand the dynamics that are central to running a business in the informal economy in…
Child labour programme in Bangladesh highlights key learnings to government
On the 6th of March, CLARISSA Bangladesh held the final dissemination event, “From Evidence to Action: Collaborating to Combat Child…
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…
Unconditional cash support sparks transformation: A story from CLARISSA Social Protection Intervention in Dhaka
The CLARISSA Social Protection (SP) intervention provided six months of unconditional cash transfers to every household in the Gojmohol neighbourhood,…
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…
Life Stories From Children Working in Bangladesh’s Leather Sector and its Neighbourhoods: Told and Analysed by Children
CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia) has a participatory and child-centred approach that supports children to gather…