Surveys on. March 2016 DOMESTIC WORKERS. DCR, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya. Regional report

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1 March 2016 Surveys on DOMESTIC WORKERS DCR, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya Regional report

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3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT involved in the project Stopping violence against child domestic workers in the DRC and East Africa through regulation and education

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5 INTRODUCTION IDAY network collected quantitative and qualitative data from more than respondents in the DRC, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and Kenya.

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7 DOMESTIC WORKERS ARE ESTIMATED AT 8.5 MILLION IN THE REGION. # Children in domestic work children and young people continue to be involved on a large scale in domestic work in the 5 countries noted # Gender in domestic workwomen are slightly over-represented in domestic work This trend clearly increases among child domestic workers # Access to education almost 1 in 5 domestic workers never went to school 7

8 REGIONAL # Wages of domestic workers Regulation does not exist in any of the other countries.. Monthly salary in average wage in each of the survey countries is below the absolute poverty line. # And what about employers? Only 40% express the willingness to give some time off to their domestic workers to acquire skills. the main skills requested by employers are uniform: reading and writing, cooking, child care, first aid and hygiene. 8

9 working conditions, and broadly speaking, the living conditions of domestic workers are widely similar in the 5 countries legal frameworks of the survey countries do not provide for special measures in relation to domestic work. None of the countries participating in the project has workers The IDAY network aims at supporting its members in developing, together with their government, curricula for domestic work and training programs adapted to young people involved in domestic work. 9

10 DCR PARTNERS OF THE SURVEY GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS # 33% 23% 44% # 46% 54% 10

11 RESULTS Domestic workers in the DRC are largely made of children, including children below 14 years old, and young adults. many poor families send their child to an uncle, cousin or other relative to work in exchange for a guarantee that the child will be able to continue to attend school. Employers

12 UGANDA PARTNERS OF THE SURVEY GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS # 44% 10% 24% 22% # 24% 76% 12

13 RESULTS. children are more vulnerable to violence than adults only 15% of the domestic workers had never gone to school go back to school AND THE EMPLOYERS?

14 BURUNDI PARTNERS OF THE SURVEY Terre des Hommes Centre pour l Auto-Développement des Domestiques GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS # 1% 15% 17% 17% 50% # 62% 38% 14

15 BURUNDI RESULTS There is a predominance of men Domestic workers comprise mostly Burundian migrants recruited directly by the employersindirectly via an intermediary WHAT ABOUT THE EMPLOYERS? These sanctions can be unfairly imposed on domestic workers and translated into various abuses and forms of exploitation. They then become source of many frustrations.

16 RWANDA PARTNERS OF THE SURVEY GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS # 1,7% 1,1% 6,5% 6,5% 31% 53% # 16

17 RESULTS parents extreme poverty orphanhood appeal of urban life, the will of building capital to launch small projects later and face unemployment constitute additional factors for young people to engage in domestic work. AND THE EMPLOYERS? give their employees several hours per week for training terms of employment for a very large majority of domestic workers are verbal. This

18 KENYA PARTNERS OF THE SURVEY GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS # 5% 2% 12% 26% 11% 43% # 40% 60% 18

19 RESULTS targeted countries rural exodus to the urban areas AND THE EMPLOYERS? leaving without notice, poor quality of work, lack of basic skills, poor time management and harassment of the children even if it is a prerequisite, legislation alone may not guarantee higher remuneration to domestic workers.

20 CONTACT IDAY INTERNATIONAL 20