Mid-Term Review of the Freedom Fund Southern India Bonded Labour Hotspot
The Institute of Development Studies is carrying out a programme of research, learning and evaluation in relation to the Freedom Fund...
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The Institute of Development Studies is carrying out a programme of research, learning and evaluation in relation to the Freedom Fund...
Published by: Department for International Development
The Asia Pacific region has the highest numbers of both slavery and child labour victims in the world. The International Labour...
In a speech at the UN General Assembly, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) Secretary of State Penny Mordaunt...
Across the world millions of adults and children are caught in the modern slavery trap of bonded labour – forced to work under terrible conditions to pay off debt owed to moneylenders. A new briefing provides insight into appropriate policy interventions and future directions for research in to bonded labour in India and Nepal.
This is a report of the analysis of multiple life stories collected across the Freedom Fund slavery and bonded labour hotspot in the Eastern Terai of Nepal. Life stories were analysed by NGO fieldwork staff and community representatives at the Collective Story Analysis workshop held 5-9th March 2017.
Published by: IDS
Forced labour of adults and children in the agricultural sector in Nepal is a well-documented problem. This report details a baseline study of bonded labour in three districts in South East Nepal with documented evidence of adults and children working through a system of agricultural bonded labour known as Harwa-Charwa.
Published by: IDS
The Institute of Development Studies has been carrying out a programme of research, learning and evaluation in relation to the Freedom Fund ‘hotspot’ in northern India, a project that seeks to reduce bonded labour in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.