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Manifestations and causes of domestic servitude 2010, para. 11

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In the shadow of global domestic work industry, large numbers of people - in the majority, women and girls - find their dignity denied. They suffer invisibly in domestic servitude, contrary to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (art. 4) and human rights treaty law.
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Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. (n) iii

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[Ensuring early identification and immediate response involves partnerships and actions to:] determine the best interests of girls at risk, provide alternative accommodation, physical protection and interim foster care as required, as well as initiate family tracing and ensure family unity wherever possible and in their best interests; and
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Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Document type
ExCom Conclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Women
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Conclusion On Women And Girls At Risk 2006, para. (g)

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Responding more effectively to protection problems faced by women and girls at risk requires a holistic approach that combines preventive strategies and individual responses and solutions. It involves collaboration between, and the involvement of, all relevant actors, including men and boys, to enhance understanding and promote respect for women's and girls' rights.
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Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Document type
ExCom Conclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2006
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention 2014, para. Preamble 2

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Recognizing that the prohibition of forced or compulsory labour forms part of the body of fundamental rights, and that forced or compulsory labour violates the human rights and dignity of millions of women and men, girls and boys, contributes to the perpetuation of poverty and stands in the way of the achievement of decent work for all, and
Body
International Labour Organization
Document type
International treaty
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Girls
  • Men
  • Women
Year
2014
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women 2013, para. 76

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Preparing children who have remained with their mothers in prison for integration back into society is a crucial step towards their ability to adjust to life outside, particularly for those who were born in prison or have no memory of life before prison. One report on India states that Many children born in prison have never experienced normal family life up to the age of four-five years. The socialization pattern of children gets severely affected due to their stay in prison. Their only image of a male authority figure is that of the police and prison officials. They are unaware of the concept of a "home". Boys sometimes talk in the female gender, having grown up only among women in the female ward. Sights like animals on roads frighten these children because of lack of exposure to the outside world.
Body
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Person(s) affected
  • Boys
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2013
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Servile marriage 2012, para. 81

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Education is considered to be the strongest predictor of the age at which a girl will be married. According to UNICEF, in Nicaragua, 45 per cent of uneducated girls are married before the age 18 of years, compared to 28 per cent of girls having completed primary education, 16 per cent of girls having completed secondary education and 5 per cent of girls having completed higher education. In Mozambique, approximately 60 per cent of uneducated girls are married by the age of 18 years, compared to 10 per cent of girls having completed secondary education and less than 1 per cent of girls having completed higher education.
Body
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Person(s) affected
  • Girls
Year
2012
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Manifestations and causes of domestic servitude 2010, para. 22

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The Special Rapporteur is particularly concerned about the high number of children in domestic work (see section 2c). Children are often sought for domestic work as they are seen as cheaper, less demanding and easier to control than adults. There are large numbers of child domestic workers in all continents, with the highest number probably residing in Asia. For example, ILO reports that 175,000 children under 18 are employed in domestic service in Central America, more than 688,000 in Indonesia, 53,942 children under 15 in South Africa and 38,000 children between 5 and 7 in Guatemala. Girls constitute the vast majority of child domestic workers (90 per cent according to some estimates). According to ILO, more girls under 16 years are in domestic service than in any other category of child labour.
Body
Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Girls
Year
2010
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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Migrant domestic workers 2011, para. 19

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Labour law. In many countries, domestic workers are not legally recognized as "workers" entitled to labour protection. A number of premises and special definitions are used to exclude domestic workers from the protection of labour laws, including the consideration that they work for private persons, who are not considered to be "employers". Equally, traditional perceptions of domestic work as tasks associated with unpaid work in the home performed by women and girls as well as traditional perceptions of domestic workers as either being "family helpers" often militate against the extension of national labour law to effectively cover domestic work. Because of their de facto and/or de jure, "unrecognized" status as "workers", domestic workers are unable to exercise the rights and freedoms granted by labour law to other workers.
Body
Committee on Migrant Workers
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Person(s) affected
  • Families
  • Girls
  • Persons on the move
  • Women
Year
2011
Date added
Aug 19, 2019
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