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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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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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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Homebound girls are girls under the age of 18 who withdraw, or are withdrawn, from school and spend their days as domestic laborers in their house.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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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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'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
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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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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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Abused domestic workers in Europe: The case of au pairs
This study analyses au pair arrangements in six EU Member States (Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain) through descriptions of national and international legal frameworks and practices of au pairing. The findings show different pa
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Rural Child Labour in Peru: A comparison of child labour in traditional and commercial agriculture
This IREWOC research project has gathered information on the various forms of rural child labour in the Andean countries Bolivia and Peru, and identified the worst forms among them. This report on Peru begins by describing general living conditions, then
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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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Unaccompanied Minors in the Migration Process
The phenomenon of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum in the EU has become a more visible problem. In 2008, the rating of top five nationalities for unaccompanied minors claiming asylum was as follows: Afghans, Iraqis, Somalis, Indians and Nigerians. In
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Foot soldiers and the frontier: Community based organisations against trafficking
This publication provides facts and trends of the cross border child trafficking that takes place between India and Bangladesh, and touches the issue of trafficking/migration of children at well known transit points for victims of trafficking in that area