‘Playing to survive’; street-connected children and the right to play in Bangladesh and Nepal

Atkinson-Sheppard S, Subedi G, Jha V, Ghimire N. C, Saifuzzaman A. K, Bukhareva A, School of Social Sciences, The University of Westminster, School of Social Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Mid-West University, Independent scholar

Childhood: A journal of global child research

Published online on May 21, 2026

Abstract

Childhood, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 547-563, August 2026.
This article considers conceptualisations of play through the lens of street-connected children in Asia (specifically Bangladesh and Nepal). For the young people discussed in this article – children who live on the streets - play forms an important and ...