Preventing and Eliminating Exploitative Child Domestic
Work in South Asia
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Donor(s) |
Duration: 2 years
Starting date: March 2004
Ending date: August 2006 |
Government of Netherlands |
In April 2001, an initiative was launched in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education, to address the issue of child domestic labour (CDL) in Pakistan, under the Ministry's programme to assist children in especially difficult circumstances. This project was implemented in six urban centres in Pakistan - Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar. It aimed to develop a knowledge base on child domestic labour, to impart non-formal education to child domestic labourers, to provide them with vocational training, and to develop national capacity to deal with the issue effectively. The project was extended to synthesise and build upon the good practices, lessons, and experiences and included innovations for greater outreach and impact. The programme's approach was multipronged, integrated, unified, and holistic, recognizing that the problem of CDL is complex. It sought to address the issue of:
- lack of a reliable knowledge base to contribute to sound public planning;
- invisibility and lack of public awareness;
- child domestic labour remaining outside the ambit of the national employment laws;
- inadequate access to education facilities; and
- lack of marketable skills for an alternative occupation.
The major thrust of the project was to work with the ILO's traditional social partners, particularly the Government and trade unions. The project was closely linked to the media project.
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