As the years pass and more and more publicity is focused on the child labor that occurs within the developing countries, there is not much focus on girl child labor.  Girl child labor happens within the homes rather than in factories, so to go about reporting this issue is often a difficult task for it is hard to find, and many girls will not talk.

 Many of these girls work twice as long as boys and are put to work at a younger age.  They have to take on the chores in their homes as well as with other families.  Millions of these girls assist their families in a variety of home-based activities such as garment making, handicrafts, carpet weaving, polishing brass, and assembling electronic parts.  Many of these girls say they would rather working a factory for eight hours a day compared to working for their family and others. (Global Website)

Girls are often treated as objects and can be used and abused for domestic labor or for sex.  These reports do not usually hit the media for the the girls do not dare to complain and because it's so common, that is it not worth reporting.  It wasn't even until the 1990's that child prostitution received a lot of attention. 

Families that employ girls for domestics in the long run are employing them for cheap servants and completely taking advantage of them.  Many girls move from city to city to meet the growing demand.  (Global Website)  Many of these girls do not have any type of contact with anyone and are not even paid until they reach their teen years, and sometimes not even then.  Domestic work is reported to be the largest single sector of employment for girls and there aren't any accurate statistics on the number of children involved.  (Global Website)

Young girls have to work as domestic workers without having any contact with their families, relatives, and have to live with their employers as well. No one is watching out for these children's best interest and no government has agreed to confront the issue.  (Global Website)

 

History Personal Stories Organizations Statistics Why Child Labor? Bibliography
Home