Helping Hands or Shackled Lives? : Understanding Child Domestic Labour and Responses to It

Although domestic labor by children (CDL) has often been excluded from nat. min. age for work leg'n. -- usually because of the difficulty of implementing it in private households -- the reality is that the majority of CDL would find a place in one or more of the cat. that fall under the Min. Age Conv., & the Worst Forms of Child Labour Conv., either because of the nature of the work they are required to perform, the treat. they receive or the means by which they entered into their present situation. This report throws light on the phenomenon of CDL, & the actions that are being taken to respond to it. Includes case studies drawn from field work, & suggests possible future actions to be taken at all levels, & by different players: gov'ts., labor sector partners & NGOs.Kane, June is the author of 'Helping Hands or Shackled Lives? : Understanding Child Domestic Labour and Responses to It', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756747374 and ISBN 0756747376.