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Child domestic servants in Hanoi. Who are they and how do they fare?

Child domestic servants in Hanoi. Who are they and how do they fare? Child domestic servants in Hanoi Who are they and how do they fare? BIRGITTA RUBENSON, NGUYEN THI VAN ANH**, BENGT HOJER*, EVA JOHANSSON* * Division of International Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76 STOCKHOLM, Sweden. ** Save the Children-Sweden, 6 Ton That Thiep, HANOI, Vietnam. Introduction Child labour has been receiving much attention and the opinions of what is “the best interest of the child” and what is possible to achieve go wide apart. Children themselves and organizations working with them have very different views on the causes for and consequences of child work and what should be done about it (Woodhead, 1999). The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) prohibits economic exploitation of children and their involvement in work that could be harmful or that interferes with their education. It also requires States Parties to regulate ages for admission to and conditions for employment. The Labour Code of Vietnam from 1994 states: “A labourer must be at least 15 years old . . .” but it also provides for a number of occupations, which are accepted for children and not considered harmful. Domestic service is a common occupation of teenage http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Children's Rights Brill

Child domestic servants in Hanoi. Who are they and how do they fare?

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Brill
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© 2004 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0927-5568
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10.1163/157181804322985187
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Child domestic servants in Hanoi Who are they and how do they fare? BIRGITTA RUBENSON, NGUYEN THI VAN ANH**, BENGT HOJER*, EVA JOHANSSON* * Division of International Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, 171 76 STOCKHOLM, Sweden. ** Save the Children-Sweden, 6 Ton That Thiep, HANOI, Vietnam. Introduction Child labour has been receiving much attention and the opinions of what is “the best interest of the child” and what is possible to achieve go wide apart. Children themselves and organizations working with them have very different views on the causes for and consequences of child work and what should be done about it (Woodhead, 1999). The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) prohibits economic exploitation of children and their involvement in work that could be harmful or that interferes with their education. It also requires States Parties to regulate ages for admission to and conditions for employment. The Labour Code of Vietnam from 1994 states: “A labourer must be at least 15 years old . . .” but it also provides for a number of occupations, which are accepted for children and not considered harmful. Domestic service is a common occupation of teenage

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The International Journal of Children's Rights – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2004

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