Afke de Groot (1981) studied Cultural Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. She received her master’s degree in September 2005. During her studies she specialized in political and social concerns of South Asia. Her final research was part of the IREWOC- project on ‘Nowhere Children’. She focused on the reasons why children are not in school in rural areas of Rajasthan, India. She joined IREWOC as a research associate in October 2005 and conducted fieldwork in Pakistan and Nepal for the project on Deprived Children and Education, which was completed in November 2007. She is currently involved with the project on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Asia, focusing on Nepal.
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