We need to act now to end child domestic labour

Child domestic workers represent probably the largest and most ignored group of child workers. The root causes of child domestic labor are multiple and multifaceted. Poverty and its feminization, the persistence of traditional hierarchies, debt bondage, social exclusion, lack of education, gender and ethnic discrimination, domestic violence, displacement, rural-urban migration, and loss of parents due to conflicts and diseases are just some of the multiple “push factors” for child domestic workers worldwide.