Domestic work: Child labour ILO’s most unwanted baby.
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Domestic work:
Child labour
ILO’s most unwanted baby
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ILO’s framework
• ILO conventions C 182 (worst forms, 2000) and C 138 (minimum age).
• IPEC: International Programme on the Elimination of Child labour.
• Three reports by IPEC (A future without child labour, 2002, The end of child labour: Within reach, 2006, Accelerating action against child labour, 2010).
• The Global Action plan (2016).
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According to ILO:
The elimination of child labour is a global cause at the heart of what the ILO stands for, and the very existence of child labour reveals a major gap in achieving the aim of decent work.
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Where, who, what?
• Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and the Carebbean.
• 215 mill child workers • 115 mill worst cases (hazardous work)• Agriculture, majority unpaid family
members• The majority in Asia-Pacific, most worst
cases and lowest age in sub-Saharan Africa.
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The worst cases… C 182
• Slavery and forced labour
• Pronography and prostitution
• Drug trafficking and production of drugs
• Hazardous work where health and safety are at stake.
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Child labour, distribution by economic activity (5-17 age group)
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Causes?
• Agriculture, poverty• HIV/AIDS• Forced and bonded labour• Child domestic workers• Armed conflicts• Illicit activities• Migration • Climatic changes
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Consequences?
• 22.000 casualties• Exposure to dangerous chemicals and and
pesticides.• Long work hours• Cuts and abresions, fall accidents, • Heavy loads, exposure to weather, snake &
insect bites• Exploitation and abuse• Lack of education
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How?
• Decent livelihoods for families• Education• Political commitment to social equality and
inclusion• The South-South initiative• Technical assistance (donors)• Media and focus, control• Consumers
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The two scenarios:
• ’Business as usual’: If current response continues, not achieving aim in 2016.
• ’Don’t waste a good crisis’: The necessary political will. Ambition.
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Child labour