Overcoming extreme poverty requires deep and wide intervention. These girls are collateral damage of slavery, colonialism, and neo-imperialism. Haiti Now has extensive experience with Domestic Servitude and has designed programs according to the needs of the very girls trapped by extreme poverty and exploitation. At Haiti Now we believe our recipients deserve our full attention […]
This is the latest installment of this blog highlighting the conditions of Child Domestic Workers in Haiti. In Haiti, many poor rural families hoping to provide a better future for their children send them to live as domestic servants in the homes of urban / semi-urban families. The majority of these children are girls and are
This is the latest installment of this blog highlighting the conditions of Child Domestic Workers in Haiti. In Haiti, many poor rural families hoping to provide a better future for their children send them to live as domestic servants in the homes of urban / semi-urban families. The majority of these children are girls and are
Wealth and Household Breakdowns of Families with Restaveks Read More »
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (MAST) holds the responsibility of defining and executing the government’s social policy in Haiti while ensuring the safety of workers in both formal and informal sectors and by granting specific protection to the family, women and children. They play an important role in fighting against child domestic labour.
Child Labour in Haiti – What is the Government doing about it? Read More »
A research study was commissioned in 2013 by UNICEF, ILO, IRC, IOM and the Terre des Hommes Lausanne Foundation, in cooperation with the Haitian state and was carried out with the support of 28 Haitian organisations. It aimed to throw some light on the situation and the developments of the domestic child workers in Haiti.
Experiences of Domestic Child Workers in Haiti aka Restavek Read More »
