Systemic Action Research with Spinning Mill Workers in Tamil Nadu (2017–18)

This report describes the processes, activities and outcomes of 12 Action Research Groups which were set up to generate community led action against bonded labour in the spinning mills of Tamil Nadu, India. Action Research is one strand of a major evaluation and learning programme carried out by IDS and Praxis India to support the Tamil Nadu bonded labour hotspot, which is co-funded by the Freedom Fund and the C&A Foundation. Six local NGOs took part in and supported the action research programme. The methodology used was Systemic Action Research (Burns 2007, Burns and Worsley 2015). Action research took place over 18 months between December 2016 and May 2018 and is ongoing.