Restavek is a Creole term ('rester avec', meaning 'to stay with') referring to a system of child domestic labour prevalent in Haiti, one of the most impoverished countries on earth which is situated on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. It is estimated that 300,000 children between four and eighteen, or one in ten of the child population, is forced into servitude in this way. These children (three-quarters of them girls) are sent by their parents, usually from rural areas, to live as domestic servants with families or adults who provide them with shelter, food and clothing in exchange for their...