Advocacy film posted on 'you tube'

An eight minute advocacy film that highlights the stories of child domestic workers in India, Peru and Togo was posted on You Tube and is now embedded on this site. Please watch it, leave your comments and send the link on to your friends or colleagues. The film was shot between December 2009 and February 2010 with the help of Living Lens - a participatory video production company. Much to the consternation of many adults, Rose and Keren from Living Lens gave children and young people in the three countries the cameras and trained them in how to use them. The children filmed each other telling their stories of domestic work, they discussed and acted out 'good employers' and 'bad employers', they interviewed each other to find out what it would be like to represent other children's views. The result is a short film that includes elements of the workshops and supports global recommendations made by child domestic workers on a proposed ILO convention on domestic work.

The film will be officially launched next week - on the 9th June at the International Labour Conference in Geneva.