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Most Restavek Girls Don’t Complete their Primary Education compared to Boys

Most Child Domestic Workers cannot complete their primary education. To begin with, they have to work and earn for themselves and their families. The situation is bad for both girls and boys. According to data, 44 percent of girls have only attained incomplete primary education. Likewise, only 30 percent of Haitian boys have attained …

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What Type of Work Restaveks in Domestic Servitude Do?

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 …

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Girl restavèk are particularly vulnerable

Restavèks are mistreated, neglected, and abused emotionally, physically, and sexually in a myriad of ways. The majority, approximately two-thirds, of restavèk are girls. Girl restavèk are particularly vulnerable to the sexual abuse of males in the host family. In fact, restavèk girls are sometimes called la pou sa, there for that. Some restavèk, while not suffering from …

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U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Spousal Program, Part 6

https://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?320904-4/usafrica-leaders-summit-spousal-program-part-6 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Spousal Program, Part 6 Panelists discussed empowering African women and girls to participate in economic growth and promoting healthy lives through technology and job training. An African agriculture scientist focused on how women and girls wee crucial to tackling the issue of food insecurity. Then speakers detailed their companies’ development projects. …

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How many restavek children are there in Haiti?

National census projections for 2010 show 21% of the urban population of Haiti composed of children between the ages of 5 and 14. Gender is a dominant feature of restavèk recruitment. Two-thirds of restavèk children are girls. Restavèk placement and its very high prevalence are deeply marked by poverty, and the movement of children from …

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