ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report was researched by Michael Bochenek and ZamaCoursen-Neff, counsel to the Children's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, and Marla Gonzlez, an attorney with World Vision El Salvador, during a three-week field investigation in the Departments ofAhuachapn, Cabaas, Cuscatln, La Libertad, Sonsonate, San Miguel, San Salvador, Santa Ana, and Usutln in February 2003. Staff of the following area development projects accompanied them and guided them in their research:Los Manantiales (Sonsonate), La Bendicin (San Miguel), Sendero de Esperanza y Tacuba (Ahuachapn), Sinai (Usulutn), El Paraso (Cabaas),and Salem (La Libertad).

Michael Bochenek wrote the report, which was edited by Zama Coursen-Neff; Lois Whitman, executive director of the Children's Rights Division; Wilder Tayler, legal and policy director of Human Rights Watch; and Iain Levine, program director of Human Rights Watch.LaShawn R. Jefferson, executive director of the Women's Rights Division; Joanne Mariner, deputy director of the Americas Division; and Carol Pier, labor rights researcher for the Business and Human Rights Program, also reviewed and commented on the manuscript.Mina Kumar designed the map.Fitzroy Hepkins, Andrea Holley, Veronica Matushaj, and Dana Sommers provided production assistance.Juan LusGuilln translated the report from English into Spanish.

Human Rights Watch is indebted to the nongovernmental organizations and individuals who assisted us in the course of our field research, among them Yolanda Barrientos, FundacinOlofPalme; Roberto Burgos, Instituto de DerechosHumanos, Universidad Centroamericana; Comisin de DerechosHumanos; Matthew Eisen, NuevaGeneracin XXI; Jorge Escoto, coordinator, ProgramaAccinpara la Niez, FundacinOlofPalme; Fe y Alegra; Nora Hernndez, Las Dignas; DelmyIglesias, director, FundacinOlofPalme; Carlos Tito Lpez, FundacinOlofPalme; VictorioSnchez, CARE El Salvador; Alfredo Vargas, Enclace; and Georgina Villalta, coordinator, Red para la Infancia.We would also like to express our appreciation to the following governmental and intergovernmental officials and agencies: Zoila de Innocenti, InstitutoSalvadoreopara el Desarrollo de la Mujer; Ministry of Education; Ministry of Labor;Procuradorapara la Defensa de losDerechosHumanos; Benjamin Smith, International Labour Organization; and UNICEF.Finally, we would like to thank the domestic workers we interviewed.Their names have been changed to protect their privacy.

Human Rights Watch gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the General Service Foundation for the research and writing of this report.

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Small Change:Bonded Child Labor in India's Silk Industry, 2003

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/india/

Lasting Wounds:Consequences of Genocide and War on Rwanda's Children, 2003

http://hrw.org/reports/2003/rwanda0403/

Borderline Slavery:Child Trafficking in Togo, 2003

http://hrw.org/reports/2003/togo0403/

Tainted Harvest:Child Labor and Obstacles to Organizing on Ecuador's Banana Plantations, 2002

http://hrw.org/reports/2002/ecuador/

From the Household to the Factory:Sex Discrimination in the Guatemala Labor Force, 2002

http://hrw.org/reports/2002/guat/

Underage and Unprotected:Child Labor in Egypt's Cotton Fields, 2001

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/egypt/

Fingers to the Bone:United States' Failure to Protect Child Farmworkers, 2000

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/frmwrkr/

The Small Hands of Slavery:Bonded Child Labor in India, 1996

http://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/India3.htm

Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Pakistan, 1995

http://www.hrw.org/reports/1995/Pakistan.htm