ILO briefing on child domestic workers

Summary

This factsheet is an update to the global estimates on child domestic work 2008. Within the framework of the global estimates on child labour recently published, the ILO-IPEC has produced global estimates of children in domestic work. This effort builts on detailed information from national household surveys, which contain a valuable source of data on child domestic work. The 2012 estimates on child domestic work and child labour in domestic work are based on the industry-approach when measuring domestic work.