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An Exploratory Study on Child Domestic Workers in Egypt

Document number
2456
Date
2010
Title
An Exploratory Study on Child Domestic Workers in Egypt
Author/publisher
Center for Migration and Refugee Studies at the American University in Cairo, Yasmine M. Ahmed and Ray Jureidini
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships: Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems,
Summary
The aim of the study was three-fold: 1) to understand the complex working and living conditions of child domestic workers; 2) to address the vulnerability of children employed in the domestic sector; and 3) to explore the opportunities and benefits available for them in this environment. Moreover, the study provides first-hand baseline data on employers of child domestics, former and current child domestic workers and their families. It has inquired into the opinions of children, employers, recruiters and families who are impacted by child domestic labour.
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