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Social Innovation Action Research for Lifestyle Improvement of Child Labour in Tehran (Social Innovation’s Idea on Child Labour Lifestyle)

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Child labour has become an ever growing social problem in developing countries like Iran. This study presents a strategy for solving this problem regarding human development and their capabilities through identifying child labour in Tehran. The approach is the idea of production, proliferation and distribution of medicinal plants, which has been presented by Salam Social Innovation Center. As an action research inquiry process, the study has adapted this idea to the stages of social innovation. In the project, 46 street children with their families participated. The results demonstrate their empowerment and satisfaction; their self-sufficiency is also estimated in near future.

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The data that supports the findings of this study is gathered by Salam innovation center as an agent of non-governmental organization in Iran, but official statistics cannot be published due to the lack of official government permission.

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    Ali Asghar Sadabadi, Fatemeh Sadat Fehri & Kiarash Fartash

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Sadabadi, A.A., Fehri, F.S. & Fartash, K. Social Innovation Action Research for Lifestyle Improvement of Child Labour in Tehran (Social Innovation’s Idea on Child Labour Lifestyle). Syst Pract Action Res 35, 89–105 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-021-09563-y

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