by Marta Furlan | Jun 12, 2026 | Nepal, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
In Kathmandu, tens of thousands of children live and work as domestic workers. They cook, clean, fetch water, carry heavy loads, care for younger children, and often support family businesses.The research report Life as Child Domestic Workers in Kathmandu, published...
by Marta Furlan | Feb 9, 2026 | Caribbean, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
Climate change is often discussed in terms of rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and environmental degradation. But what is sometimes less visible—yet no less urgent—are its human consequences. Extreme weather events and slow-onset environmental changes can...
by Marta Furlan | Aug 13, 2025 | Nepal, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
Over the past few years, we have seen great attention being devoted in Nepal to issues of child labor, including in the context of Alliance 8.7. The government has taken remarkable steps towards recognizing and addressing child labor. However, child domestic work,...
by Marta Furlan | Apr 24, 2025 | Congo, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is exceptionally rich in agricultural and natural resources. However, their extraction has been too often controlled by armed, predatory, and corrupted actors and has been associated with a wide range of modern slavery practices,...
by Marta Furlan | Sep 24, 2024 | Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
Strengthening Regional Collaboration at the ARAT Conference, Bali (July 23-25, 2024) The annual ARAT (Anti-Slavery, Rights, and Trafficking) Conference held in Bali, Indonesia, brought together participants from across Asia, including representatives from Thailand,...
