@article{3b1bba42188944a0ba0d505d925549fb,
title = "The right to education for children in domestic labour: Empirical evidence from Kenya",
abstract = "Since 1948, various UN conventions have recognised basic education as a human right. Yet this right continues to be denied to many child labourers across the world. This articles draws on the results of a study examining how children in domestic labour in Kenya access and participate in education. Three issues were explored: (1) the correlates of child domestic labourers; (2) their working conditions and contexts; and (3) the right to education. Interviews and group discussions held in one city and two rural districts elicited data from 91 child domestic labourers and 84 adults. The results indicated that child labour was both poverty-induced and adult-initiated, and that children worked in hazardous environments characterised by economic exploitation. Most did not attend school; those who did had to contend with a rigid school structure and an authoritarian class environment. Children in domestic labour often skipped school, and their participation in classes was low.",
author = "Munene, {Ishmael I.} and Ruto, {Sara J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Resumen – EL DERECHO A LA EDUCACI{\'O}N PARA LOS NI{\~N}OS QUE TRABAJAN EN TAREAS DOM{\'E}STICAS: EVIDENCIA EMP{\'I}RICA DE KENIA – Desde el a{\~n}o 1948, diversas convenciones de las Naciones Unidas reconocen la edu-caci{\'o}n b{\'a}sica como derecho humano. Sin embargo, este derecho les sigue siendo negado a muchos trabajadores infantiles en todo el mundo. Este art{\'i}culo expone los resultados de un estudio destinado a comprobar c{\'o}mo acceden y participan de la educaci{\'o}n los ni{\~n}os que en Kenia trabajan en tareas dom{\'e}sticas. Se han analizado tres puntos: (1) Las circunstancias que acompa{\~n}an al trabajo dom{\'e}stico infantil; (2) sus condiciones y contextos de trabajo, y (3) el derecho a la educaci{\'o}n. De las entrevistas y de las dis-cusiones en grupo realizadas en una ciudad y en dos distritos rurales se obtuvieron datos de 91 trabajadores dom{\'e}sticos infantiles y de 84 adultos. Los resultados indicaron que el trabajo infantil estaba inducido por la pobreza y que se deb{\'i}a a la iniciativa de personas adultas, y que los ni{\~n}os trabajaban en entornos de riesgo, caracterizados por la ex-plotaci{\'o}n econ{\'o}mica. La mayor parte de ellos no concurr{\'i}a a la escuela, y los que lo hac{\'i}an se ve{\'i}an confrontados con una r{\'i}gida estructura escolar y un entorno autoritario en las aulas. Los ni{\~n}os ocupados en tareas dom{\'e}sticas frecuentemente faltaban a la escuela, y cuando no lo hac{\'i}an, su participaci{\'o}n en las clases era muy reducida.This study was funded by UNICEF-Kenya Country Office under Agreement No. SSA/ KENA/2004/00001030-0. The views expressed herein, however, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of UNICEF-Kenya Country Office. Funding Information: * This study was funded by UNICEF-Kenya Country Office under Agreement No. SSA/KENA/ 2004/00001030-0. The views expressed herein, however, are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of UNICEF-Kenya Country Office.",
year = "2010",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1007/s11159-010-9152-1",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "56",
pages = "127--147",
journal = "International Review of Education",
issn = "0020-8566",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "1",
}