Stories about Neighbourhoods
In 2023 CLARISSA examined the urban characteristics and dynamics of neighbourhoods which intersect with worst forms of child labour. In Bangladesh we spent time in one of the most toxic neighbourhoods in the world. In Kathmandu we spent time in tourist and transit areas, near the city’s bus park.
Sixteen children, business owners and adult researchers selected streets, conducted observational visits at different times of the day, and worked with illustrators to capture commercial activity, the work children do, environmental hazards, and other things of interest happening on the street for example, tea shops, alcohol vendors and drug taking. The floor plans of some commercial and residential buildings were also mapped.
Get a sense of what it looks and feels like to spend time in the streets and buildings where children work and live.
Nepal
Gongabu: working children engage in providing food and drink, entertainment and intimacy for travellers passing through
Gongabu is an area in the north of Kathmandu that is home to the capital’s largest bus park.
Gongabu: two streets with children working in small-scale businesses associated with the Adult Entertainment Sector
Gongabu is a large area in the north of Kathmandu that is home to the capital’s largest bus park.
Thamel: child labour in adult entertainment businesses in Kathmandu’s tourist district
Thamel is a popular commercial neighbourhood and a main hub for the tourism industry of Kathmandu.
Bangladesh
An urban slum surrounded by leather
Hazaribagh is the historic centre of leather processing and production in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Growing up in dangerous homes
This is the story of a well-known residential building on the 30 Feet Road in the Gojmohol neighbourhood of Hazaribagh in the capital city of Dhaka in Bangladesh.
A vibrant, poorly serviced, retail centre
Sher E Bangla Road is widely recognised as a highly dynamic and bustling thoroughfare within the slum neighbourhood of Gojmohol.
Living among leather factories
This is the story of a well-known residential building on the 30 Feet Road in the Gojmohol neighbourhood of Hazaribagh in the capital city of Dhaka in Bangladesh.
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