CDW (Child Domestic Workers) across three states through an integrated approach of prevention, response, system strengthening, awareness raising and evidence sharing.

1. PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING
CHILD DOMESTIC WORKERS ACROSS
THREE STATES IN INDIA
Presented by: Satabdi Sen

2. CONTENTS
 Objectives of project
 Supporting agencies
 Introduction to the NGO
 Discussions on Child
Domestic Workers and
problems face by them
 Need for child
empowerment and
protection
 Overview of the project

3. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT
 To reduce CDW across three
states through an integrated
approach of prevention,
response, system
strengthening, awareness
raising and evidence sharing.

4. SUPPORTING AGENCY
 Save the Children
 The CDW project is the
initiative of Save the Children
which is implemented by
DAS [Development Action
Society]

5. INTRODUCTION TO THE NGOS
 Dedicated to the
development of
underprivileged
women and children
regardless of their
race, creed, or religion.
 Works for child
Education and Child
Protection.
DEVELOPMENT ACTION
SOCIETY
SAVE THE CHILDREN

6. DEVELOPMENT ACTION SOCIETY
 Founded in 1989.
 Mission:Our mission is to
empower women, children
and youth to realize their
rights and access resources
through quality intervention in
Education, Health and
Livelihood, so that they are
enabled to transformed their
communities.
 Vision:We believe in a world
where every human being
enjoys equal rights and
opportunities in order to lead a
healthy and creative life with
dignity and self-respect.

7. CHILD DOMESTIC WORKERS
 The basic characteristic of
domestic work is that it takes
place in the private space of
the home, which is not the
child’’s own home but that of
another person, the employer.
 Child Domestic Work must be
understood in conjunction with
issues of trafficking in children,
child abuse

8. CHILDREN AS DOMESTIC WORKERS :
 Demography and conditions
 Number of years of work
 Conditions at workplace
 Satisfaction regarding conditions
at work place.
 Abuse
Physical Abuse
Emotional Abuse
Sexual Abuse

9. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAILS
DEMOGRAPHIC
DETAILS
FREQUENCY OF
RESPONSE
PERCENT
SEX
Male 35 6.8
Female 477 93.0
AGE
Below 10 Years 53 10.3
11-15 Years 227 44.2
16 Years and above 232 45.2
EDUCATION
Illiterate 145 28.3
Below Std.V 236 46.0
Std.VI-X 112 21.6
Std. XI and above 9 1.8

10. CONDITION OF WORK
CONDITIONS OF
WORK
FREQUENCY OF
RESPONSE
PERCENT
REMUNERATION
Money 454 88.5
Kind 16 3.1
Both 29 5.7
SALARY
Less than 200 per
month
204 39.8
Rs.200-500 per month 196 38.2
Rs.600 per month 54 10.5

11. NUMBER OF YEARS
NO. OF YEARS FREQUENCY OF
RESPONSE
PERCENT
Less than 2 Years 234 45.63
3-5 Years 153 29.8
6-10 Years 111 21.6
11 and more Years 2 0.4
AGE WHEN CDWs
STARTED WORKING
Before 8 Years 99 19.3
8-12 Years 316 61.6
13 Years and above 84 16.4

12. CONDITION AT WORK PLACE
REST DURING DAY FREQUENCY OF
RESPONSE
PERCENT
No Rest 158 30.8
Less than 2 hours 210 40.9
3-4 hours 132 25.7
5 hours or more 6 1.2

13. SATISFACTION REGARDING CONDITION AT
WORK PLACE
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Satisfied
Not
Satisfied
Food
Clothing
Stay
Management
Safe
59%
Unsafe
41%
SAFETY
Numberofchildren
Category

14. PHYSICAL ABUSE
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Noabuse
Beaten
Slapped
Kicked
Punched
HairPulled
Burned
Nofood…
Stopped…
Allofthese…
Allofthese…
PHYSICAL ABUSE
Numberofchildren
Type of Abuse
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Once More than
once
Cannot
remember
Frequency of physical
abuse
Numberofchildren
Frequency

15. EMOTIONAL ABUSE
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Noabuse
Shoutedat
Cursed
SaidShewasa…
Threatened
Lockedin
Compared
Cursedand…
Blamed
Allofthese
Emotional abuse
Type of abuse
Numberofchildren
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
Once More than
once
Cannot
remember
Frequency of Emotional
Abuse
Numberofchildren
Frequency

16. SEXUAL ABUSE
0
100
200
300
400
Yes No
Forced to touch
abuser's private part
Forced to
touch
abuser's
private
part
0
100
200
300
400
Yes No
Abuser touched
private part
Abuser
touched
private
part
GRAPH:1 GRAPH:2

17. SEXUAL ABUSE
0
100
200
300
400
Yes No
Pornography
Pornogra
phy
GRAPH:3 GRAPH:4
0
100
200
300
400
Yes No
Intercourse
Intercour
se
No.ofchildren
Response
No.ofchildren
Response

18. SEXUAL ABUSE
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Once More than
once
Cannot
remember
Frequency of sexual abuse
Frequency of sexual
abuse

19. NEED FOR CHILD PROTECTION AND
EMPOWERMENT
 Child abuse is a major issue impacting the lives of millions of
children across the country today.
 Most Child Domestic Workers come from families under the
burden of poverty.
 Many Child Domestic Workers work without pay, or for very
paltry wages.
 They are made to work for excessive hours with little or no
rest. A significant population is very young in age.
 They are most often considered the employer’’s property.
 Child Domestic Work is not a voluntary vocation, but is usually
forced upon the children by their parents or others known to
the family.
 The literacy levels among Child Domestic Workers are low,
with many either being illiterate or dropouts from school.

20. TARGET AREA AND POPULATION
 Mahishbatan,Nazrul Pally,
Udayan Pally:KMC Ward No.1
 Basanti Devi Colony: Ward
No.18 of Bidhannagar
Municipality
 Chainnabi: Ward No.17 of
Bidhannagar Municipality
 Duttabad:Ward No.23 of
Bidhannagar Municipality
 Kadapara:Ward No.22 of
Bidhannagar Municipality
 Rishi Aurobindo Colony:Ward
No.35 of South Dum Dum
Municipality
 Child Domestic Workers
 Child Labour
 Parents
 Employers
 Club Members
 Teachers
 Students
 Police
 ICDS Member
 RWA
 College student, Proffesors
 Municipal Corporation staff
 Members of CPCs/neighbourhood
groups
 Members of Children groups
TARGET AREA TARGET POPULATION

21. PROJECT REACH
REACH TOTAL CHILDRE
N(0-
5YEARS)
/GIRLS/B
OYS
CHILDREN (6-18
YEARS)
BOYS/GIRLS
ADULT ABOVE
18YEARS
MEN/WOMEN
Direct Reach Girls 457
Boys 911
Age Girls Boys
6-14 170 159
15-18 89
Age Girls Boys
18-20 17 111
Above20 552

22. STRATEGY OF THE PROJECT
 Identify CDW’s in target area.
 Mainstreaming the children at former school.
 Giving jobs to candidates after vocational training .
 Different awareness campaign about CDW like auto
campaign, rickshaw campaign,different type of
stake holder meeting.

23. TARGET CHILDREN GROUPS & BENEFITS
PROVIDED
 This project mainly targets the
children of age groups 6 years -
20 years.
AGE GROUP FACILITIES
6 Years to 14 Years Life Skill
Training,Basic
education in
MAC(Multi-Activity
Centres) and
mainstreamed to
Schools
15 Years to 20 Years Provides Vocational
Training and are
placed for various
jobs

24. OBSERVATION ON THE BASIS OF QUESTIONS TO
THE CHILDREN ATTENDING LIFE SKILL TRAINING
PROGRAMME
81%
63%
22%
59%
86% 90%
Response
Response
SAMPLE SIZE: 22 CHILDREN

25. HIGHLIGHTS OF PROGRESS
 236 Child Domestic Workers (103 boys and 133
girls) have undergone innovative and child friendly
literacy at the MAC centres.
 55 children (22 boys and 33 girls) have been
mainstreamed into Govt. schools and open schools.
 207CDWs (101 boys and 106 girls) were enrolled
into vocational trainings.
 72 children (26 boys and 46 girls) have undergone
the life skill training.
 331 students (74 males and 257 females) attended
the school orientation programmes on child rights
and protection issues.

26. MAJOR FINDINGS
 Children are forced to work as Child
Domestic Worker due to poverty.
 Some orthodox family thinks girl
child as a burden , hence these girls
are exempted from studies and are
force to work as CDW and are
married at an age of 14 years to
16years.
 Boys work as CDWs in order to
support their family income.
 Most of CDWs are abused either
Physically, emotionally, sexually or
all the three.
 Most of the children starts working
at a very tender age.

27. SUGGESTION
 Parents should be made aware of family planning.

28. CLASSROOM SESSION GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GAMES FEEDBACK SESSION
LIFE SKILL TRAINING
PROGRAMME

29. THANKYOU

30. ANY QUERIES?