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The latest report to be published is by Afke de Groot. Afke conducted research in Nepal, where she studied working children in a number of sectors, including brick kilns, porting, and hospitality. The report can be downloaded from our publications page, or can be opened here directly>>>
Child Labour in Kathmandu, Nepal
You may cite the report freely, as long as IREWOC and its authors are mentioned correctly.

Anna Ensing contributed to the IIAS (International Institute for Asian Studies) Newsletter number 54. To read the entire newsletter follow this link to the IIAS page: http://www.iias.nl/newsletter-54
To read Anna's article "Leather Gloves and Tiny Fingers" click here>>>>

IREWOC researcher Afke de Groot has contributed to a new publication on education in Pakistan. Find more details about "Shaping a Nation. An Examination of Education in Pakistan", Stephen Lyon and Iain Edgar (eds) on the Oxford University Press website>>>

IREWOC's newest publication is its summary account of the project The Worst Forms of Asia. The report presents the main findings from Bangladesh and Nepal, where IREWOC researchers Anna Ensing and Afke de Groot studied children's involvement in various sectors such as home-based industries, leather production, markets, brick kilns, restaurants and garment factories. Nanna Baum studied domestic workers in Dhaka and additional data is also presented by Mariette de Graaf, who studied the working conditions of the children in Dhaka's leather sector from an occupational hygiene point of view.

You may download the report from our publications page, or open it directly from here>>>. You may cite the report freely, as long as IREWOC and its authors are mentioned correctly.

The full country reports can be found on our publications page and on our completed research page.

IREWOC researcher Talinay Strehl is currently workign on her research for the "Street Children Project". Read more about this project on our current research page. We are hoping to expand this project into more countries. Parties interested in collaborating should contact us on info@irewoc.nl

Read our latest newsletter - dated February 2010 - >>>

IREWOC has moved to its new location in Het Kinderrechtenhuis (The Child Rights Centre) in Leiden. To find out more about this historic building go to its website www.kinderrechtenhuis.nl