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Homebound Girls in Jordan
Homebound girls are girls under the age of 18 who withdraw, or are withdrawn, from school and spend their days as domestic laborers in their house. The issues surrounding them are multi-faceted. Homebound girls are denied their constitutional right to edu
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Breaking free: Voices of Former Child Labourers
This publication is a collection of stories of a number of children from various states of India who have worked and suffered abuse in the past, but have now succesfully been rescued and rehabilitated and are now on their way to getting an education. Most
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Trafficking in human beings-2013- European Commission
This publication presents the first report at the EU level on statistics on trafficking in human beings. It includes data for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. The data have been collected from different authorities working in the field of trafficking in hum
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Still on the street- still short of rights. Analysis of policy and programmes related to street involved children
This report provides an analysis of the situation of street involved children and highlights programmatic initiatives being implemented by international and local non-governmental organisations. The report begins with an explanation of why this research o
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Child Domestic Labor in Egypt: Task Order I, Task III- in-country mixed-methods research and data collection
There is broad consensus that child labor remains widespread in Egypt but the few studies initiated specifically to look at child labor in domestic service in Egypt have been limited in scope.This study aims to gather exploratory data on child labor in th
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Child domestic workers: Evidence from West and Central Africa
A third of all children in West and Central Africa are estimated to work full- or part-time, paid or unpaid. Many of children are involved in hazardous and harmful economic activities, such as working in mines. Some are also exploited for sex and traffick
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A place for work in children's lives?
A place for work in children's lives? is the question behind this paper, which highlights the various challenges faced by organizations like Plan when addressing issues of children’s work. The new Plan document written by Michael Bourdillon, a leading exp
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Servant, Daughter, or Employee? A Pilot Study on the Attitudes of Lebanese Employers towards Migrant Domestic Workers
The exploitation of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon has been the subject of heightened attention in the media and by international organizations. The nature of domestic labor as work performed in the privacy of homes and away from public scrutiny gran
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The Worst Forms of Child Labour in Asia. Main findings from Bangladesh and Nepal
For the IREWOC project "The Worst Forms of Child Labour in Asia" Afke de Groot studied children in brick kilns, restaurants, and those working as porters in Nepal; Anna Ensing studied children working in the leather sector and the conditions of working gi
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Lost childhoods in Haiti: Quantifying Child Trafficking, Restavèks & Victims of Violence
Nearly a quarter of a million impoverished children – mostly young girls – are forced to work as unpaid domestic servants in major Haitian cities, according to a major survey of Haiti’s human rights. Called restavèks, these very poor children are sent by
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Children in hazardous work. What we know- What we need to know
This report reviews the current state of knowledge concerning children in hazardous work and presents the case for a new focus on the issue as part of the wider global effort to eliminate the worst forms of child labour. The report highlights recent globa
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'They say I'm lucky to have a job'. A participatory study with migrant girls who do domestic work in Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa
This study was commissioned by Save the Children as a result of the outcome of a regional seminar on children on the move in May 2009. Stakeholders from the region identified a lack of information on children and exploitative labour in the southern Africa