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Short Summary
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Worldwide, domestic work is the largest employment category for children - especially girls. While other children in the family attend school, these girls are often denied an education. Many of them work up to 18 hours a day. They may also suffer beatings and sexual harassment or abuse. This report explores the situation of girl domestic workers in Guinea, although the situation is similar across West Africa. The report argues that the new Guinean government, established in March 2007, should establish a child protection system that allows for systematic monitoring of the well-being of children without parental care, particularly girl domestic workers. The government should also take measures to sensitise judicial staff to the situation of child domestic workers, improve access to the justice system for ordinary people, and ensure that crimes against children - such as exploitation and sexual and physical violence - be prosecuted. It is also recommended that the new Guinean government should specifically target girl domestic workers when devising programmes to promote access to education and apprenticeships.
This resource is also available in French at:
http://hrw.org/french/docs/2007/06/15/guinea16153.htm
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http://www.hrw.org/en/node/10932/section/1
