Children's own research : street children and care in Britain and Bangladesh

This article compares two examples of participatory research with and by children, based on groups in both the United Kingdom and Bangladesh. It focuses on children and young people conducting their own research, from design through to analysis and recommendations. In the UK, the focus of the children was on the experiences and issues of young people leaving the care of local authorities, while the children in Bangladesh focused their participatory research on the issues in the lives of street children. Whilst the environments and life circumstances of the two groups were different there were many striking similarities such as discrimination by the general public, difficulties with the police, low income and issues around access to education.