CLIMB Project Advocating for Increased Government of Bangladesh Directives in Eliminating Child Labor in the Dried Fish Sector

One of the key objectives of the Child Labor Improvements in Bangladeh (CLIMB)1 Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor, is to strengthen community response and engagement of government on child labor (CL) in the Dried Fish Sector (DFS) centered in the Cox’s Bazar District of Bangladesh. In the first 18 months of the project, the foundation laid with Civil Society Organization (CSO) partners and in the focus sub-districts of Cox’s Bazar Sadar and Moheskhali Upazilas is showing important progress in establishing functioning and effective Upazila Child Labor Monitoring Committees (UCLMCs). The committees were constituted by the Government of Bangladesh in the two subdistricts to monitor and prevent child labor.