Domestic work: Child labour ILO’s most unwanted baby.

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, 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.

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?

• 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