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Pushed out of school, into domestic work

Pushed out of school, into domestic work

JORDAN MAYENIKINI EVERY Sunday, Rachel is allowed a few hours off work to go to church - her only moment of respite in a week she spends cooking, sweeping and washing clothes and dishes for a family of seven in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital. But when the 16-year-old's employer failed to pay her salary, she sacrificed one morning's prayers to learn about her rights at a training organised by Together For the Rule of Law, a local charity that supports domestic workers. "I have learned ... that it is not good for us minors to work," Rachel,…
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