Child Domestic Labour in South East and East Asia: Emerging Good Practices to Combat It, c2006
Ayaka Matsuno; Jonathan Blagbrough
International Labour Organizaton
E-mail: matsuno@ilo.org, j.blagbrough@antislavery.org

This report was prepared as part of the International Labour Organization's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour project "Preventing and Eliminating Exploitative Child Domestic Work through Education and Training in South-East and East Asia" (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Thailand, Philippines and Viet Nam). It presents a look into the "hidden" practice of child domestic labor in six countries in south-east and east Asia (data was not available in China and Lao PDR) to help cultivate a better understanding of the real situation of children working in households and to highlight emerging good practices to combat exploitative/abusive child domestic labour.

Part I of the report provides an overview of child domestic labor in the region, based on existing publications and documentation. It includes deliberation over the definition of child domestic workers, a comparison of some key elements of child domestic labor among six countries, an analysis on child domestic labor from different angles and highlights recent ILO-IPEC and regional initiatives to combat child domestic labor. Part II provides examples of emerging good practices to combat child domestic labor in Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines.