# INVISIBLE CHILDREN: Kids at Risk Action \(KARA\) \- Children's Rights Advocacy Network

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## Pages
- [International Child Abuse News](https://invisiblechildren.org/educate-and-inform/international-child-abuse-news/)
- [KARA Conversations \- Create Awareness Where You Live](https://invisiblechildren.org/kara-conversations-speaking-awareness/)
- [Current Initiatives](https://invisiblechildren.org/national-child-abuse-information-platform-kara/)
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- [Abused Children, Child Abuse Statistics](https://invisiblechildren.org/)

## Posts
- [Management Not Fit For Purpose](https://invisiblechildren.org/2024/11/28/management-not-fit-for-purpose/):  a unique perspective of what happened to Minnesota’s CASA Guardian ad Litem program over the last 4 years\.
- [Child Labour in Fast Fashion: How Our Clothing Choices Harm Children](https://invisiblechildren.org/2026/07/05/child-labour-fast-fashion/): Fast fashion isn’t just cheap—it’s costing children their childhoods\. From cotton fields to perfume flowers to luxury jewelry, kids are working long hours in dangerous conditions so brands can protect profits\. Learn how the fashion industry still relies on child labour and what you can do to stop it\.
- [Invisible Hours: Child Labour in Bangladesh’s Toxic Informal Economy](https://invisiblechildren.org/2026/07/07/child-labour-bangladesh-informal-economy/): Child labour in Bangladesh remains widespread, especially in the informal economy and leather industry, where children work extreme hours in toxic, hazardous conditions for less than US$2 a day\. Drawing on a 2024 UNICEF report, a five year CLARISSA study, and a foundational ILO assessment of push and pull factors, this post explains why Bangladesh is a child labour hot spot and how poverty, poor health, and employer demand keep children trapped in dangerous work instead of school\.
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Child labour in Bangladesh has not disappeared—it has shifted into the informal economy, where children work long hours in toxic, unsafe conditions for very low pay\. A 2024 UNICEF report shows that child labour rates remain significantly high, while a five year CLARISSA study reveals that 27% of workers in small leather enterprises are children handling chemicals, heavy loads, and dangerous machinery\.
This post also revisits a key 1997 ILO assessment of push and pull factors that explains why poverty, poor health, disaster, and employer demand continue to drive children into hazardous work instead of school\. Together, these findings show why Bangladesh remains a hot spot for child labour and why solutions must address both household poverty and the structure of informal labour markets\.

- [Foster Care Realities, Problems, and Solutions](https://invisiblechildren.org/2026/07/05/foster-care-realities-the-problem-and-solutions/): Foster care is meant to protect children whose lives are in danger, but for many youth, it leads to a painful transition into adulthood with little support and almost no transparency\. Most critical data in Child Protective Services \(CPS\) is never tracked or reported, and decades of experience show that nearly 80% of youth aging out of foster care go on to lead dysfunctional lives, with enormous costs to public health, safety, and education\.
This article, based on the work of Minnesota’s FOSTER ADVOCATES, explores the realities of foster care and the Extended Foster Care \(EFC\) program: the barriers youth face, the strengths of EFC, and the systemic gaps in housing, data, training, and life skills preparation\. It concludes with 14 recommendations to improve data, accountability, and support so that foster youth are not punished for trauma, but given a real chance at stability and success\.
Read, share, and then contact your legislators using the links provided to demand better outcomes for foster youth 

- [KARA's Invisible Children Traveling Community Conversations](https://invisiblechildren.org/2026/07/03/karas-invisible-children-traveling-community-conversations/): Life would be better for abused and neglected children if more people truly understood what they face—and what we can do to help\. This coming fall and winter, KARA is inviting universities, community centers, and businesses to engage our INVISIBLE CHILDREN Community Conversations\.
This traveling program is available to organizations, colleges/universities, and community venues within an hour’s drive of the Twin Cities metro and is designed to create awareness and solutions for at risk children and families in Minnesota\.


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