I started work when I was 11 years old…. I worked as a babysitter for my first employer. The male employer shouted at me a little too often…. The employer wouldn’t let me leave the house…. I made the baby porridge, gave him milk, carried the baby if he cried, changed the baby, put him to sleep, and played with the baby. When the baby slept I did the ironing…. I woke up at 5 a.m. every day, and worked until 7 p.m.

– Ayu, 13 years old, Bandung

Every day my employer was angry and she would kick me and pinch me. Almost every day. When I mopped the floor, I did not use a mop for mopping, just my hands and a rag, and then my employer kicked me to go deeper under the bed. She would pinch me on my shoulders.

– Ratu, 15 years old, Yogyakarta