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13 August 2024

The Drivers and Dynamics of the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Kathmandu’s Adult Entertainment Sector: A Synthesis of Five Years of Research by Children, Business Owners, NGOs, and Academics

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.

Elizabeth Hacker & 17 others
Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) Nepal
Report

28 May 2024

Qualitative Analysis of 400 Life Stories from Children and Young People Working in the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Nepal

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This research paper explores the findings from semi-structured interviews with business owners operating enterprises involved in leather processing and production across three prominent neighbourhoods and business districts in and around Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Kriti Bhattarai (B.C.) & 23 others
Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) Nepal
Report

8 February 2024

Business Owners’ Perspectives on Running Khaja Ghars, Massage Parlours, Dance Bars, Hostess Bars, and Dohoris in Kathmandu, Nepal

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) programme aims to understand the dynamics that...

Elizabeth Hacker & 3 others
Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) Nepal
Report

8 November 2023

Life Stories From Children Working in Bangladesh’s Leather Sector and its Neighbourhoods: Told and Analysed by Children

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This paper is a record of the children’s analysis of the life stories and key themes they identified, which formed the basis of a series of seven child-led Participatory Action Research groups.

Mashrique Sayem & 7 others
Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) Bangladesh
Report

15 December 2022

Life Stories From Kathmandu’s Adult Entertainment Sector: Told and Analysed by Children and Young People

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This paper is a record of the children and young people’s analysis of the life stories and the key themes they identified, which formed the basis of a series of eight child-led Participatory Action Research groups based in Kathmandu.

Elizabeth Hacker
Ranjana Sharma
Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA)
Working Paper

11 June 2020

Social Norms, Labour Intermediaries, and Trajectories of Minors in Kathmandu’s Adult Entertainment Industry

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This Working Paper seeks to understand the reasons why the commercial sexual exploitation of children exists in the Nepal adult entertainment sector (AES), focusing on how social and cultural norms reinforce and reproduce the material and structural realities of the sector.

Pauline Oosterhoff
Pauline Oosterhoff
Elizabeth Hacker
Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South-Eastern Asia (CLARISSA) Central and South Asia Nepal