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Child Domestic Work

A LOOK AT THE INVISIBLE. Child domestic work is one of the most disturbing features of Filipino life. It is disturbing because of its very nature - domestic work performed by a child, increasingly by very young girls, some as young as 8 years old, isolated and separated from their families. It is also disturbing because of the high incidence of deceptive recruitment and trafficking that characterize it. Finally, it is disturbing because of the very exploitative working conditions that also make these children vulnerable to sexual abuse more.

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  The Kasambahay Program: Empowering the Domestic Worker   Despite economic growth, child domestic labour continues to be an issue in the Philippines. It is a symptom of a range of underlying causal factors and a... more.
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