Realising safely managed urban sanitation: the potential of ‘brown gold’
Sanitation is one of the most off-track Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the WHO and UNICEF reporting that 3.8 billion people...
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Sanitation is one of the most off-track Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the WHO and UNICEF reporting that 3.8 billion people...
Access to water and decent sanitation service is a human right, however, its realisation has always been fraught with challenges and is...
Children are being driven into sexual exploitation and the worst forms of child labour in Nepal’s adult entertainment sector (AES),...
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.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
A CLARISSA Action Research Group was created with the business owners of massage parlours and spa venues in a tourist area in Kathmandu Valley, where the project's life story collection had gathered evidence that many children (girls) arrived from villages in Kathmandu in search of work.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
CLARISSA formed three Participatory Action Research groups in Nepal with small business owners operating in the adult entertainment sector (AES) to better understand the dynamics of running small, informal AES businesses that contribute to the emergence and perpetuation of worst forms of child labour. The project's in-depth interviews with business owners revealed that many children who newly arrive in Kathmandu work in a khaja ghar ('snack shop') because the job does not require qualifications, experience, or legal documents.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This Nepal Action Research Group explored the links between children leaving home due to parental negligence and their being deprived of essential documents such as birth and citizenship certificates, which effects their labour options and access to jobs.
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
This seminar critically reflects on the praxis of children’s participation in a five-year programme tackling the worst forms of child...