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<strong>Research</strong> <strong>Abstracts</strong> on Child Labour, Labour and Women Labour 1998 - 2009
Domestic Worker
Lakshmi Rani, D. and Roy, Manabendra Nath. (2005).
Child domestic work : a violation of human rights : quantitative analysis of the
situation in West Bengal. New Delhi : Save the Children. 33 p.
Key Words : 1.CHILD LABOUR 2.DOMESTIC WORKER 3.WEST BENGAL.
Abstract : In India, 20% of all children working outside the family home are in child
domestic labour. The objectives of the study were to understand the socio-economic and
cultural factors responsible for leading children into domestic work and to understand the
situation / condition of children engaged in domestic work in the selected areas. A
structured questionnaire was administered to heads of the households in selected villages in
the districts of East Midnapore (6223), 24 Parganas South (2450) and 24 Parganas North
(1993), and a structured interview was conducted with 652 children working in Kolkata city
as links in domestic help. It was found that child domestic work (CDW) households belonged
to the family income bracket of less than Rs. 1000 per month. The average family size in all
the study areas varied between 5-9 members, giving rise to the need for higher incomes.
Poverty played a dominant role in 80% of the cases, which eventually drove the families to
earn money through the labour of children. Nearly 33% of all children who dropped out of
school were in Class III or IV and they became CDWs. The main reasons why they dropped
out from school were poverty, early marriage, and also due to lack of enough high schools.
CDWs generally worked above 8 hours a day. There was very little scope for rest or free
time in their daily routine. In 50% cases, working hours increased with age. 60% of CDWs
were paid their salaries directly by the employers. 54.4% parents of CDWs ranked the
employers’ behaviour as good whereas 60% children felt insecure at their respective
workplaces. The study found poverty to be the main reason for domestic work. So the
Government should plan employment schemes and vocational training programmes for the
parents of CDWs, and also free education up to high school should be given to the children,
which would help eliminate most of their problems.
Lakshmi Rani, D., Bhat, Aparna and Ray, Manabendra Nath. (2005).
Child domestic work : a violation of human rights : report on the legal position of
child domestic workers in India. New Delhi : Save the Children. 38 p.
Key Words : 1.CHILD LABOUR 2.DOMESTIC WORKER 3.VIOLATION OF CHILD RIGHTS
4.GIRL CHILD LABOUR.
Abstract : There are approximately 20 million people working as domestic workers in India.
92% are women girls and children, and 20% are children under 14 years of age. ILO reports
that domestic work is the largest employment for females under the age of 16 years. Child