Recent facts and figures on child domestic workers in the Philippines, and what Visayan Forum is doing about it. Hidden in private work, they are scattered and most difficult to protect. Child domestic work is a worst form of child labour in the Philippines.

This publication looks into child domestic work as a distinct issue of child labor. Considered as modern-day slaves, they work in private households under exploitative conditions and have difficult access to education. Mostly girls as young as eight years old, they are migrants and are easy victims to trafficking. The Philippine government considers child domestic labor as among the worst forms of child labor. Updating laws and enhancing outreach programs will truly make them visible to national policies.
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