{"title":"Child domestic labour in Pakistan: a narrative review.","authors":"Raahim Salman Abdul Ghaffar, Kishwar Enam","doi":"10.47391/JPMA.21423","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Child domestic workers are children who are hired to work in households by the owners for household chores. In 1996, up to 8.3% of all child labour cases in Pakistan involved domestic chores. Poverty is one of the most common and significant factors for child domestic labour in Pakistan. Studies have shown that if the parents are uneducated or do not value education, there is a high likelihood of children being involved in child domestic labour. Girls make up a large portion of child domestic workers compared to boys, and are more affected by child domestic labour. The victims of child domestic labour have to bear physical, mental and sometimes sexual abuse from the employers. Given these conditions, child domestic labour can be considered a form of modern-day slavery, with victims being children who may not be aware of their rights.</p>","PeriodicalId":54369,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association","volume":"75 4","pages":"632-637"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.21423","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Child domestic workers are children who are hired to work in households by the owners for household chores. In 1996, up to 8.3% of all child labour cases in Pakistan involved domestic chores. Poverty is one of the most common and significant factors for child domestic labour in Pakistan. Studies have shown that if the parents are uneducated or do not value education, there is a high likelihood of children being involved in child domestic labour. Girls make up a large portion of child domestic workers compared to boys, and are more affected by child domestic labour. The victims of child domestic labour have to bear physical, mental and sometimes sexual abuse from the employers. Given these conditions, child domestic labour can be considered a form of modern-day slavery, with victims being children who may not be aware of their rights.
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Primarily being a medical journal, JPMA publishes scholarly research focusing on the various fields in the areas of health and medical education. It publishes original research describing recent advances in health particularly clinical studies, clinical trials, assessments of pathogens of diagnostic importance, medical genetics and epidemiological studies. Review articles highlighting importance of various issues in the domain of public health, drug research and medical education are also accepted. As a leading journal of South Asia, JPMA remains cognizant of the recent advances in the rapidly growing fields of biomedical sciences, it invites and encourages scholars to write short reviews and invited editorials on the emerging issues. We particularly aim to promote health standards of developing countries by encouraging manuscript submissions on issues affecting the public health and health delivery services.
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