Background:

Child labour in Bangladesh is common, with 4.8 million or 12.6% of children aged 5 to 14 in the workforce. The government of Bangladesh has the target of eradicating hazardous child labour from the country by 2021. To contribute to this endeavour Grambangla Unnayan Committee has been implementing the project “CLARISSA – Child Labour Action Research and Innovation in Bangladesh” since November 2019. This project has been technically supported by ChildHope UK and funded by the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex/ DFID.

Main objectives:

The main objective of the CLARISSA project is to surface the key drivers of modern slavery and the worst forms of child labour and develop interventions to counteract them.

Project Locations: : Hazaribag, Kamrangir Char, Savar, Pallabi, Darussalam, Adabor, Mohammadpur, Matuail slum area of Jatrabari.

Duration : November 2019-June 2023