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26 November 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper describes, synthesises and analyses the work of 25 Action Research Groups that were the heartbeat of the CLARISSA Systemic Action Research programme.
2 October 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This research and evidence paper fills a critical gap in understanding how spatial and relationship neighbourhood dynamics contribute to and perpetuate worst forms of child labour from children’s perspectives.
19 September 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
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 analytical conclusions about why WFCL happens in Dhaka’s leather industry and what can be done about it.
11 September 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This survey was limited in focus. It was designed simply to establish the extent to which small enterprises in the leather sector that...
20 August 2024
13 August 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper synthesises what the CLARISSA programme learned about the worst forms of child labour in Kathmandu’s adult entertainment sector. It looks at children’s pathways into child labour, their lived experience of it, and the businesses in which they work.
24 July 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This research and evidence paper presents a synthesis of the findings from the embedded theory-based evaluation of the CLARISSA programme.
Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour
CLARISSA responded to the complex challenge of child labour through a deliberate and participatory approach to adaptive management. But...
9 July 2024
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
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 exploitative and harmful labour and business owners in the leather industry in Bangladesh and the adult entertainment sector in Nepal to generate innovative actions. These PAR groups were facilitated over a period of 18 months to two years by non-governmental organisation professionals trained in PAR approaches.
Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour
This webinar articulates the research findings of a large participatory programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh and Nepal...