Manifestations and causes of domestic servitude 2010, para. 63
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The availability of domestic help has contributed to women's empowerment, because it has allowed many women to reconcile their professional aspirations with their gendered social obligations towards their children and family. It is therefore a bitter irony that the women and girls who made such advances possible are often subjected to a form of exploitation that is gender-based at its heart.
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences