Transcript Domestic work: Child labour

Domestic work:
Child labour
ILO’s most unwanted baby
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).
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.
Where, who, what?
• Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, AsiaPacific 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.
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.
Child labour, distribution by economic
activity (5-17 age group)
Causes?
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Agriculture, poverty
HIV/AIDS
Forced and bonded labour
Child domestic workers
Armed conflicts
Illicit activities
Migration
Climatic changes
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
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
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.
Child labour