• Working children and gender

Working children and gender

This paper attempts to identify and document successful forms of intervention aimed at eliminating the worst forms of child domestic labour, taken from a gender perspective.

Some of the key lessons learnt include:

• comprehensive and integrated research is needed to understand the link between child domestic labour and other forms of domestic labour as well as analysing and understanding of labour hazards associated with child domestic labour
• training and heightened awareness among journalists have been an effective strategy to disseminate and position child domestic labour in some media information agendas
• intervention programmes must develop actions that respond to the particular issues regarding age, gender, ethnicity, and nationality of the children and adolescents affected
• empowering girls, boys and adolescents in domestic labour requires a systematic and sustainable process so this population develops a broader view of their possibilities in life. Opportunities for personal strengthening, better education, vocational training, spaces for socialisation and citizen participation must be broad enough to not limit their ability to dream and aspire to a different life
• creation and consolidation of local protection networks have been essential to guarantee the institutional response required by children and adolescents in domestic labour. Social mobilisation must include at least three key actors: a) women’s organisations, b) childhood organisations, and c) labour unions
• the tripartite relationship IPEC-Ministries of Labour-Civil Society to develop many of the Project’s actions has been very beneficial in creating synergies, sharing knowledge, and promoting development of shared visions and policies agreed by consensus.

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