Event series

Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour

These series of events looks at the research findings from the IDS-hosted project Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) which is a ground-breaking consortium generating innovative solutions for children to avoid hazardous, exploitative labour in Bangladesh and Nepal.

This contains 4 photos. Photo 1 is of a young boy siting down cutting leather. Phot 2 is of a man washing leather of-cuts in a white bin. Photo 3 is of two Women in headscarves standing next to flip-chart paper with maps on them. Photo 4 is off children writing on flip-chart paper.

How to watch

All the webinars are now available to watch below.

Monday 8 July
Chain Reaction: Child labour revisited.

Tuesday 9 July
Hard labour: Understanding children’s experiences of urban child labour and what drives small informal businesses to hire them.

Wednesday 10 July
From learning to action through participatory adaptive management.

Thursday 11 July
The praxis of child participation.

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Past Event

Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour

The praxis of child participation

This seminar critically reflects on the praxis of children’s participation in a five-year programme tackling the worst forms of child labour in Nepal and Bangladesh. Posed as a conversation between theory and practice, the speakers share what they had to learn (and unlearn) to work effectively...

11 July 2024

Past Event

Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour

From learning to action through participatory adaptive management

CLARISSA responded to the complex challenge of child labour through a deliberate and participatory approach to adaptive management. But what does it really mean to implement such an approach in practice? And what evidence do we have of how it worked? In this webinar we will reflect on our...

10 July 2024

Past Event

Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour

Hard labour: Understanding children’s experiences of urban child labour and what drives small informal businesses to hire them

This webinar articulates the research findings of a large participatory programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour in Bangladesh and Nepal (CLARISSA). It used participatory methods to build a micro level understanding of children’s lives, their workplaces, and their neighbourhoods. Watch...

9 July 2024

Past Event

Participatory approaches to complex social issues like child labour

Chain Reaction: Child labour revisited

Chain Reaction is a documentary film that explores a ground-breaking approach to Participatory Action Research where children working in the worst forms of child labour and the small business owners that employed them, analysed their circumstances and took action. Watch...

8 July 2024

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