Guinea: bottom of the ladder: exploitaion and abuse of girl domestic workers in Guinea

In Guinea, tens of thousands of girls work as child domestic workers. While other children in the family often attend school, these girls spend their childhood and adolescence doing "women's" housework, such as cleaning, washing and taking care of small children.

They may also suffer beatings, sexual harassment and rape. Despite these conditions, leaving their employer family is difficult for many child domestic workers who cannot reach their parents and have nowhere else to go. Such girls live in conditions akin to slavery.