Niger

CHILD LABOR IN DOMESTIC WORK

September 10th, 2013: I clean the floor many times in a

Niger’s Wahayu Endure Domestic and Sexual Enslavement

August 27th, 2013: Niger’s Tahoua region has a history of enslavement dating back to the early

Ten Facts about Niger’s “Fifth Wives” or WAHAYU

A wahaya (plural: wahayu) or “fifth wife” is a Nigerien girl or woman born into a slave caste

UNICEF: In Niger, children are forced to drop out of school to support their families

By Laura Huyghe [UNICEF] NIAMEY, Niger, 20 April 2012 – Only a few months ago, 12-year-old Oumar