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Article: 10 million children exploited in domestic labor, says ILO report
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 11, 2004
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10 million children exploited in domestic labor, says ILO report
GENEVA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Child domestic labor, a widespread and
growing global phenomenon, has trapped at least 10 million children,
mostly girls, in hidden forms of exploitation, often involving abuse,
health risks and violence, according to a new report issued Friday by
the International Labor Organization (ILO).
The report, issued on the eve of the third World Day Against Child
Labor, examines the plight of children working in sometimes hazardous
forms of domestic labor for the first time on a global level.
"Millions of children work night and day outside of their family
homes, toiling as domestic child laborers. ...