Comprehensive Mixed-Method Research on Child Labor in the Dried Fish Sector on Cox’s Bazar

This report is an outcome of a joint collaboration between Winrock International (Winrock) and the Sustainable Upliftment Initiative Trust (SUIT), thanks to funding and support from U.S. Department of Labor (USDoL). With generous guidance and expert feedback from Kerry Richter (Winrock International Project Adviser), the report has been prepared by a SUIT research team comprising six faculty members and a group of trained enumerators from various disciplines of the University of Chittagong. The faculty members include Mohammad Abul Hossain (Lead Consultant and Convener), Md. Alauddin Majumder (Principal Researcher), Mohammad Tarequl Hasan Chowdhury (Principal Researcher), Mohammad Nur Nobi (Principal Researcher and Focal Person), Muhammod Shaheen Chowdhury (Principal Researcher – Legal Expert) and S.M. Monirul Hassan (Principal Researcher – Social Anthropology Expert). The research team has also been immensely benefited from comments and suggestions from Maisha Strozier (Winrock) and Kevin Hong (USDoL) as well as the coordination from Christine M. Carlson (USDoL). The research team extends its profound thanks to all of them.