10 November 2021
Child Labour Programme launches ‘The Small Business of Child Labour’ campaign
Progress towards the UN global goal to ‘eliminate child labour in all its forms by 2025’ will not be made in countries with a...
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10 November 2021
Progress towards the UN global goal to ‘eliminate child labour in all its forms by 2025’ will not be made in countries with a...
26 July 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
While the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) is not only an urban phenomenon, evidence suggests that WFCL emerges in cities in unique ways due to the complex structures and dynamics of urban systems.
26 July 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
As a cohort of people, ‘children in work’ have become critical to the everyday functioning of diverse supply chain systems. This Working Paper considers diverse commodity chains (leather, waste, recycling and sex) to explore the business realities that generate child labour in its worst forms.
23 July 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This Emerging Evidence Report shares evidence of how, for whom, and under what circumstances, Participatory Action Research (PAR) leads to innovative actions. A rapid realist review was undertaken to develop programme theories that explain how PAR generates innovation.
19 July 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This mapping of children in the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in the leather sector of Bangladesh was conducted in May–August 2020. WFCL are not always obvious and, without better understanding of where, why and how it is happening, the exploitation and abuse of children in the workforce in Bangladesh will continue.
16 July 2021
Children as young as seven years old are working in thousands of small businesses across Bangladesh's leather sector, new research has...
8 July 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia) is a large-scale Participatory Action Research programme which aims to identify, evidence, and promote effective multi-stakeholder action to tackle the drivers of the worst forms of child labour in selected supply chains in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar.
17 June 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
In the Terai region of South-Eastern Nepal, there persists a form of agricultural bonded labour called Harwa-Charwa, rooted in agricultural feudal social relations. The Terai has a long and dynamic political history with limited employment opportunities and high levels of migration.
11 June 2021
26 March 2021
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Labour abuse in the garment industry has been widely reported. This qualitative research explores the lived experiences in communities with bonded labour in Tamil Nadu, India.