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From Idea to Impact: Why We Created the Child Research Ethics Group (CREG)
It’s exciting to create something new, especially when it responds to a real and urgent gap. Over five years ago, before the world changed so dramatically, colleagues at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and I began a small participatory study with child domestic workers in Myanmar. It was a meaningful piece of work, grounded in collaboration with children whose voices are too often unheard. Then everything shifted. The military coup in Myanmar disrupted lives an
Helen Veitch
Apr 32 min read


How the Past Speaks: Uncovering the Roots of My Work with Child Domestic Workers
I have often wondered what first drew me to focus on working children and, in particular, the situation of child domestic workers -...
Helen Veitch
Sep 30, 20254 min read


Ethics in research with children isn’t about forms and signatures — it’s a journey that builds trust and respects voice.
By Helen Veitch Too often, research with children in high-risk situations is treated as a tick-box exercise. But real ethics means...
Helen Veitch
Sep 30, 20251 min read


Two Sides of the Same Coin: Why Tackling Child Domestic Work Means Tackling Child Marriage
By Jonathan Blagbrough In the fight against child exploitation, child marriage and child domestic work often appear on separate policy...
Helen Veitch
Aug 27, 20255 min read
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