Papers by Harpreet Bhullar
The paper elucidates performance indicators for measuring the impact of urban models designed to ... more The paper elucidates performance indicators for measuring the impact of urban models designed to protect the rights of child labourers in India. The paper is based on learning from Save the Children India's urban intervention on child labour, specifically child domestic workers and child labour in the garment industry in the capital state of Delhi, India. The two said categories of child labour have common characteristic of home-based labour and thus, hidden labour. Where child domestic work thrives in the homes of the employers and begins from the home of the child domestic worker, child labour in the garment industry also begins and thrives in the homes of these labourers. Some of the most significant violations of child rights for these children include the loss of childhood, lack of opportunities to explore their full potential, entrapment in the intergenerational cycle of poverty and exploitation and abuse experienced through labour. Gradual withdrawal from harmful labour and shift towards decent work form the mainstay of the intervention. The expected outcome of this intervention is 'Home based child labourers, their families, source and destination communities have access to preventive and responsive child protection mechanisms and they are protected by stronger child protection legislation.' To adequately measure the impact of the intervention, five key performance indicators are formulated. The indicators are: (1) Former child labourers who restart their education and retain in formal schools, (2) Adolescent child labourers who have been trained on alternative vocational trades and are pursuing the trade on completion of 18 years of age, (3) Safe and empowered families and communities that are source or destination areas of child labour, (4) Increased access to social protection services for vulnerable families and (5) Stronger child protection legislation and policy change initiatives undertaken and implemented in the best interest of the most vulnerable children. These indicators are expected to measure the overall impact as well as answer the following questions.
This project has been undertaken to use art based therapy with a group of 8 adolescent survivors ... more This project has been undertaken to use art based therapy with a group of 8 adolescent survivors of sexual abuse and exploitation in a Government Children’s Home for Girls in Delhi with the objective of working on therapeutic domains of group interaction, self-awareness and cognitive skills of symbolic and non-verbal thinking. The clients were chosen based on the recommendations of the staff of children’s home with a history of abuse and trauma and who did not go to school. The therapeutic intervention has shown significant impact in strengthening sense of belonging to the group, enhanced self-expression and goal-orientation among clients.
Conference Presentations by Harpreet Bhullar
Presented at the 5th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), From We... more Presented at the 5th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators (ISCI), From Welfare to Well-being: Child Indicators in research, policy & practice at the University of Cape Town, South Africa in September 2015
The paper elucidates performance indicators for measuring the impact of urban models designed to protect the rights of child labourers in India. The paper is based on learning from Save the Children India's urban intervention on child labour, specifically child domestic workers and child labour in the garment industry in the capital state of Delhi, India. The two said categories of child labour have common characteristic of home-based labour and thus, hidden labour. Where child domestic work thrives in the homes of the employers and begins from the home of the child domestic worker, child labour in the garment industry also begins and thrives in the homes of these labourers. Some of the most significant violations of child rights for these children include the loss of childhood, lack of opportunities to explore their full potential, entrapment in the intergenerational cycle of poverty and exploitation and abuse experienced through labour. Gradual withdrawal from harmful labour and shift towards decent work form the mainstay of the intervention. The expected outcome of this intervention is 'Home based child labourers, their families, source and destination communities have access to preventive and responsive child protection mechanisms and they are protected by stronger child protection legislation.' To adequately measure the impact of the intervention, five key performance indicators are formulated. The indicators are: (1) Former child labourers who restart their education and retain in formal schools, (2) Adolescent child labourers who have been trained on alternative vocational trades and are pursuing the trade on completion of 18 years of age, (3) Safe and empowered families and communities that are source or destination areas of child labour, (4) Increased access to social protection services for vulnerable families and (5) Stronger child protection legislation and policy change initiatives undertaken and implemented in the best interest of the most vulnerable children. These indicators are expected to measure the overall impact as well as answer the following questions.
Books by Harpreet Bhullar
ARTS BASED THERAPY FOR SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA AND ABUSE IN GOVERNMENT AND NGO-RUN CHILDREN'S HOMES FOR GIRLS IN DELHI, 2016
ii Save the Children works for children's rights. We deliver immediate and lasting improvement to... more ii Save the Children works for children's rights. We deliver immediate and lasting improvement to children's lives worldwide.
The Hidden Workforce: A Study on Child Labour in the Garment Industry in Delhi, 2015
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Papers by Harpreet Bhullar
Conference Presentations by Harpreet Bhullar
The paper elucidates performance indicators for measuring the impact of urban models designed to protect the rights of child labourers in India. The paper is based on learning from Save the Children India's urban intervention on child labour, specifically child domestic workers and child labour in the garment industry in the capital state of Delhi, India. The two said categories of child labour have common characteristic of home-based labour and thus, hidden labour. Where child domestic work thrives in the homes of the employers and begins from the home of the child domestic worker, child labour in the garment industry also begins and thrives in the homes of these labourers. Some of the most significant violations of child rights for these children include the loss of childhood, lack of opportunities to explore their full potential, entrapment in the intergenerational cycle of poverty and exploitation and abuse experienced through labour. Gradual withdrawal from harmful labour and shift towards decent work form the mainstay of the intervention. The expected outcome of this intervention is 'Home based child labourers, their families, source and destination communities have access to preventive and responsive child protection mechanisms and they are protected by stronger child protection legislation.' To adequately measure the impact of the intervention, five key performance indicators are formulated. The indicators are: (1) Former child labourers who restart their education and retain in formal schools, (2) Adolescent child labourers who have been trained on alternative vocational trades and are pursuing the trade on completion of 18 years of age, (3) Safe and empowered families and communities that are source or destination areas of child labour, (4) Increased access to social protection services for vulnerable families and (5) Stronger child protection legislation and policy change initiatives undertaken and implemented in the best interest of the most vulnerable children. These indicators are expected to measure the overall impact as well as answer the following questions.
Books by Harpreet Bhullar
The paper elucidates performance indicators for measuring the impact of urban models designed to protect the rights of child labourers in India. The paper is based on learning from Save the Children India's urban intervention on child labour, specifically child domestic workers and child labour in the garment industry in the capital state of Delhi, India. The two said categories of child labour have common characteristic of home-based labour and thus, hidden labour. Where child domestic work thrives in the homes of the employers and begins from the home of the child domestic worker, child labour in the garment industry also begins and thrives in the homes of these labourers. Some of the most significant violations of child rights for these children include the loss of childhood, lack of opportunities to explore their full potential, entrapment in the intergenerational cycle of poverty and exploitation and abuse experienced through labour. Gradual withdrawal from harmful labour and shift towards decent work form the mainstay of the intervention. The expected outcome of this intervention is 'Home based child labourers, their families, source and destination communities have access to preventive and responsive child protection mechanisms and they are protected by stronger child protection legislation.' To adequately measure the impact of the intervention, five key performance indicators are formulated. The indicators are: (1) Former child labourers who restart their education and retain in formal schools, (2) Adolescent child labourers who have been trained on alternative vocational trades and are pursuing the trade on completion of 18 years of age, (3) Safe and empowered families and communities that are source or destination areas of child labour, (4) Increased access to social protection services for vulnerable families and (5) Stronger child protection legislation and policy change initiatives undertaken and implemented in the best interest of the most vulnerable children. These indicators are expected to measure the overall impact as well as answer the following questions.