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Child Marriage, Early Childbearing, Low Educational Attainment for girls, and their Impacts in Uganda
August 1, 2021

Child Marriage, Early Childbearing, Low Educational Attainment for girls, and their Impacts in Uganda

Background to this Series Despite substantial progress over the last two decades, girls still have on average lower levels of …

Child Marriage in Southern Asia
August 1, 2021

Child Marriage in Southern Asia

Child marriage is not only a violation of a girl’s rights; it also seriously compromises efforts to reduce genderbased violence, …

Child Labour in the Arab Region
August 1, 2021

Child Labour in the Arab Region

Child labour has long been a feature of economic life in the Arab region, particularly in agriculture, small traditional craft …

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 …