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Where we work in Asia

Millions of children are exploited in Asia. Terre des Hommes Netherlands fights against exploitation in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Philippines and Thailand. We fight worst forms of child labour, sexual exploitation of children (online and offline) and ensure child protection in humanitarian emergencies.

Children in Asia

Our work in Asia

We protect children by preventing and stopping child exploitation. We empower children to make their voices count. We believe that every child has the right to flourish.

In Asia, we fight worst forms of child labour in mica mining and waste collection communities in India. In Philippines we address prevalent forms of child labour in the Western and Central Visayas region. In our fight against sexual exploitation of children, we reach out to vulnerable children of readymade garment factory workers in Bangladesh, early married girls and children of Devadasis in India along with children vulnerable to and affected by online child sexual exploitation and trafficking in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Philippines and Thailand.   

We work towards systemic change. We nurture collaborative efforts to combat child exploitation. We address issues at the roots, with children at the centre of our initiatives.

Alongside lobbying with governments, we advocate for stricter implementation of laws and strengthen existing mechanisms for child protection. 

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Our Regional Director

Ms Bushra Zulfiqar is our Regional Director in Asia. She oversees all operations in the region. 

She brings with her almost two decades long work experience in international development and human rights, both at the policy-making and implementation levels in Asia and around the world. Bushra has worked in various senior management and leadership roles with United Nations, World Bank, UK Government Department for International Development as well International NGOs. 

Latest News

December 4th, 2024

Advocacy Briefs - Safety for Children and their Rights OnLine

The advocacy briefers under our Safety for Children and their Rights OnLine programme in Cambodia and Nepal su…

November 5th, 2024

Position Paper: Cambodian Children’s Voices Against Online Sexual Exploitation

Cambodia, a nation grappling with socio-economic challenges, faces a significant threat to the well-being of i…

October 30th, 2024

Working with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to Combat Online Child Sexual Exploitation in Cambodia

The alarming rate of online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) in Cambodia has prompted urgent action from gover…

October 4th, 2024

Peer Support helps Manasa continue school

16-year-old Manasa stays with her aunt who is a Devadasi woman. Her father who was working elsewhere found it…

October 3rd, 2024

United Against Child Exploitation : Terre des Hommes Netherlands’ Thought Leadership in Asia

Ms Bushra Zulfiqar, our Regional Director, highlighted our efforts to tackle child exploitation in Asia and th…

September 5th, 2024

Making a Difference, One Life at a Time: A Humanitarian's Calling

Lenybeth Magoliman, our finance and administration officer in the Philippines Country Team, finds her true cal…

August 28th, 2024

“I dream of a world where things are very different”

Saskia de Vries is a spoken word artist. For Terre des Hommes Netherlands, she created a spoken word with her…

August 18th, 2024

Sharing learnings and experiences at the ISPCAN congress

From 18 to 21 August, in Uppsala, Sweden, the ISPCAN - Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Congress will be hel…

August 12th, 2024

Children and young people draft a position paper on online safety

“We identified in our discussions that there is a need for greater online safety for us in Nepal.. We do not f…

June 27th, 2024

Annual report 2023

In 2023, we collaborated with many stakeholders to work with us towards our ultimate goal; stopping child expl…

June 25th, 2024

Country Profiles (Asia Region)

Wish to know about our work in the countries of Asia? The country profiles provide an overview of what we do…

May 7th, 2024

Child-friendly Baseline Summary Factsheets - SCROL

Our global programme Safety for Children and their Rights OnLine (SCROL) fights against online child sexual ex…

Our programmes

Ongoing

IMAGE: Empowering early married girls in India

Every year, 1.5 million girls in India marry before the age of 18. Many girls forced into early marriages rare…

Ongoing

Children Empowerment of the Devadasi System

In socio-economically disadvantaged Devadasi communities from North Karnataka, harmful norms force adolescent…

Ongoing

Creating a safer Online Environment for Every Child (CONEC) (Philippines)

The internet opens many doors for children. They do their homework, play games and chat with their friends. Ch…

Ongoing

SCROL: Safety for Children and their Rights OnLine

Online child sexual exploitation has seen a significant rise over the last number of years. Our new SCROL (Saf…

Ongoing

Strengthening the Community-based Protection Systems to Eliminate Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) in Visayas Region

Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) is a serious and prevailing issue in the Philippines that is caused by a ra…

Completed

Addressing child trafficking in Bangladesh

Child trafficking in Bangladesh has been on the rise in recent years, partly as a result of the COVID-19 pande…

Completed

Capacity building of early married girls in Bangladesh

Being a girl in Bangladesh is a difficult reality as it has one of highest rates of early marriage in the worl…

Ongoing

Stop child labour in mica mining belt India

Mica is a raw material that is widely used in our daily products, such as cars, laptops and make-up. It has a…

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