Publications

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 Research and Evidence Paper 11

The CLARISSA programme has produced multiple research reports, and the Hard Labour website, which reproduces some of the stories about children’s lives, their days, the businesses they work in, and the neighbourhoods they live in. This paper synthesises this detailed evidence landscape to draw...

Jody Aked & 2 others

Land commoning in deagrarianized contexts: Potentials for agroecology?

Amid socially and ecologically failing food systems, land commoning has been proposed as a pathway to align food systems with agroecology and food sovereignty. This article aims to contribute to nascent understandings of land commoning movements in relatively deagrarianized contexts by...

Elise Wach

Ruth Hall

Key Considerations: Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Mpox Vaccination in Eastern DRC

SSHAP Briefing

This brief presents social and political considerations for the design and implementation of vaccination-related risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategies for mpox in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Tabitha Hrynick & 2 others

Opening the Black Box of Participatory Action Research in Response to the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Nepal and Bangladesh

CLARISSA Research and Evidence Paper 14

How, for whom, and under what conditions does Participatory Action Research (PAR) generate innovation to tackle the drivers of the worst forms of child labour (WFCL)? This paper presents the findings of a realist evaluation that investigated how PAR groups facilitated children who work in...

Mieke Snijder & 9 others

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Nepal Action Research Group 5

The formation of CLARISSA Nepal Action Research Group 5 was prompted by recurring issues around children’s mental health and overall wellbeing that emerged through the research. The children involved are exposed to various forms of exploitation, abuse, trauma, and violence, all of which have a...

Children Enter the Adult Entertainment Sector and Face Labour Exploitation and Sexual Abuse

Nepal Action Research Group 8

This is a report of CLARISSA Nepal Action Research Group 8, which is located in a busy commercial, historical and tourist destination in the centre of Kathmandu Valley. The theme of this group was 'Children enter the Adult Entertainment Sector through friends, relatives, and unknown persons and...

Children Engage in the Worst Forms of Child Labour Due to Their Family’s Poor Economic Condition

Nepal Action Research Group 6

This document reports on a CLARISSA Nepal Action Research Group located in a major entry and exit point for Kathmandu Valley. The theme explored by the group was: children engaged in the worst forms of child labour due to the poor economic condition of their family. This unique group comprised...

Journey To and From Work

Nepal Action Research Group 9

As part of CLARISSA’s qualitative, thematic research agenda, Geographic Information System journey mapping and ethnographic observation was conducted to gain insights into the daily lives, experiences, journeys, and feelings of children involved in the Adult Entertainment Sector.

SSHAP West Africa Hub: Health Emergency Cycles and Social Context in West Africa

SSHAP Briefing

In this landscape paper, we aim to summarise the contextual factors that shape health emergencies and responses to health emergencies in the West Africa region (termed ‘health emergency cycles’).

Evaluating Ethiopia’s Environmental Management Strategy: Does it Support Green Growth?

ICTD Working Paper 198

This study aims to assess whether the existing command and-control approach to environmental management in Ethiopia is delivering on its promises, and whether there is scope for a wider deployment of environmental taxes.

Seid Yimam Mohamed & 2 others

Reflecting Forewords

Reflecting Forewords is an unashamedly ambitious book. Full of lessons from the past that are relevant for the future, it is a compilation of inspiring forewords from books written by Robert Chambers; one of the most influential and prolific scholars to write about participation, poverty, and...

Envisioning an Equitable Future for Research across the North-South Divide

This synthesis paper brings together perspectives from across the Global South and North to explore the complexities and challenges of promoting equity in research. Drawing on separate inquiry tracks from these regions, it contrasts the approaches, framings, and main concerns identified by...

Andrea Ordóñez Llanos & 4 others