Second day at the ILC

On our second day we held a side event where we launched our 'stand with us' film and the Children's Champions spoke about their experiences as child domestic workers and why the four recommendations we are lobbying for are important to them.

The event was chaired by Jo Becker from Human Rights Watch. Joost Kooijmans from the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) spoke about the legal framework of the ILO and was very supportive of the need for special protection for young domestic workers and said that this convention was important because it will ensure that domestic workers will be treated like other workers. He announced that IPEC will be publishing global estimates on the numbers of child domestic workers later this year. Florencia Kabatingan, the Chairperson of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines spoke of the importance of protecting domestic workers and their fundamental freedoms and rights. Florencia reiterated the support from workers and unions for child domestic workers.

The event was very well attended - particularly by government representatives from the ILO. In a group of young people attended who are at the Human Rights Council in a similar position to our children's champions but talking about juvenile justice.