Poverty in Haiti spawns child slavery 13 October 2008
- 12 years ago
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and the poverty has fuelled restavek, a system of domestic servitude of hundreds of thousands of children that is tantamount to modern-day slavery.
The country's government acknowledges that child slaves exist but says it is part of the culture.
Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports.
The country's government acknowledges that child slaves exist but says it is part of the culture.
Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports.