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Child Domestic Workers: A handbook on good practice in programme interventions
August 1, 2021

Child Domestic Workers: A handbook on good practice in programme interventions

Child domestic workers were for long an invisible group of working children. Today, they are recognised as among the most …

Child domestic workers:  A handbook for research and action
August 1, 2021

Child domestic workers: A handbook for research and action

The occupations in which children are most often found form part of the informal and frequently ‘invisible’ work-place. They are …

Cause for Concern? London social services and child trafficking
August 1, 2021

Cause for Concern? London social services and child trafficking

Introduction In January 2003, ECPAT UK started research to measure the level of awareness within London social services on the …

Caught at Sea: Forced Labour and Trafficking in Fisheries
August 1, 2021

Caught at Sea: Forced Labour and Trafficking in Fisheries

Recent in-depth studies have described and analysed severe cases of forced labour and human trafficking in the fisheries sector. Whereas …

Built on Slavery: Debt Bondage and Child Labour in Cambodia’s Brick Factories
August 1, 2021

Built on Slavery: Debt Bondage and Child Labour in Cambodia’s Brick Factories

For twenty years Cambodia has undergone a period of rapid economic growth and as a consequence is now experiencing a …

Sexual Exploitation of Children in Nepal
August 1, 2021

Sexual Exploitation of Children in Nepal

Nepal ranked 39 out of the 60 countries scored by the Out of the Shadows Index on the country’s response …

Boys for Baht? A Baseline Study on the Vulnerability of Male Entertainment Workers in Chiang Mai, Thailand
August 1, 2021

Boys for Baht? A Baseline Study on the Vulnerability of Male Entertainment Workers in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Introduction The global reality of sexual exploitation and trafficking knows no gender. Internationally, it is said that 1 in 6 …

Bottom of the Ladder: Exploitation and Abuse of Girl Domestic Workers in Guinea
August 1, 2021

Bottom of the Ladder: Exploitation and Abuse of Girl Domestic Workers in Guinea

I have to get up at 4a.m. and work up to 10p.m. I wash the laundry, clean the house, do …

Borderline Slavery: Child Trafficking in Togo
August 1, 2021

Borderline Slavery: Child Trafficking in Togo

I made an appointment with the man to meet at Balanka, at night. It was January 2001. There were many …

Bonded Child Labour in South Asia: Building the Evidence Base for DFID Programming and Policy Engagement
August 1, 2021

Bonded Child Labour in South Asia: Building the Evidence Base for DFID Programming and Policy Engagement

This report was commissioned by the Department for International Development and funded by UK Aid to provide evidence for DFID …