At least 10 million children are trapped in domestic labor jobs where they work long hours for little pay and often face abuse, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said on June 10, 2004. The U.N. agency called in a report for an end to the most exploitative forms of child domestic labor such as slavery and trafficking of youths, some as young as 10 years old.  June 12, 2004

Coke Benefiting From Child Labor in Sugar Cane Fields
Coca-Cola and other large businesses are indirectly benefiting from the use of child labor in sugarcane fields in El Salvador, according to a new report released here Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) which is calling on the company to take more responsibility to ensure that such abuses are halted.
OneWorld US  - June 12, 2004

Child labour challenge toughens
Upwards of 10 million children are suffering in poor conditions of domestic labour, says a new report from the International Labour Organisation. Behind closed doors, abuses include trafficking, slave-like conditions and human rights abuses.
BBC  - June 12, 2004

UN: Children Working Slave-Like Conditions
An estimated 10 million children worldwide are forced to work in slave-like conditions as domestic servants in private homes, the United Nations' labor agency said Thursday.
Associated Press  - June 12, 2004

Ten Million Kids Trapped in Domestic Labor -Study
At least 10 million children, most of them girls, are trapped in domestic labor jobs where they work long hours for little pay and often face abuse, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Friday.
Reuters  - June 12, 2004

World Day Against Child Labour
On 11th June 2004, the third World Day against Child Labour, the ILO will focus attention on child domestic labour with the release of a groundbreaking report in Geneva and across the world. This page has information from ILO relating to child labor around the world, in recognition of World Day Against Child Labour.
International Labour Organization (ILO)  - June 12, 2004

World Day Against Child Labour: New ILO report highlights plight of children in domestic labour
Child domestic labour is a widespread and growing global phenomenon that traps as many as ten million children or more - mostly girls - in hidden forms of exploitation, often involving abuse, health risks and violence, according to a new report issued today by the International Labour Office (ILO). Read the press release and download the full report.
International Labour Organization (ILO)  - June 12, 2004

Report: 'Helping Hands or Shackled Lives? Understanding child domestic labour and responses to it'
This new report documents the exploitation of children working in domestic labour - some as young as 10 - for the first time on a global level. Child domestic labour is a widespread and growing global phenomenon that traps as many as ten million children or more - mostly girls - in hidden forms of exploitation, often involving abuse, health risks and violence.
International Labour Organization (ILO)  - June 12, 2004

Children Working as Domestics Face Abuse
Governments should recognize child domestic work as one of the worst forms of child labor, Human Rights Watch said today in advance of the World Day Against Child Labor. In a backgrounder issued today, HRW described how child domestic workers in countries around the world face routine exploitation and abuse, including sexual harassment and violence.
Human Rights Watch  - June 12, 2004

Child Domestics: The World's Invisible Workers
Backgrounder by Human Rights Watch. In independent investigations in West Africa, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Malaysia/Indonesia, HRW found that child domestics are exploited and abused on a routine basis.
Human Rights Watch  - June 12, 2004