Domestic workers in Guinea-Bissau are subject to extreme physical abuse, sexual abuse, and exploitation as a result of being excluded from national labor laws. Many domestic workers are girls under the age of 13, and 80 percent of them work more than 14 hours each day. There are few jobs available for women in this country, many women are forced to engage in domestic labor in order to be fed and housed. Lawyers and activists are trying to establish better protections for domestic laborers, but face a lot of obstacles in doing so.
See "Underpaid and abused, Guinea-Bissau's domestic workers seek protection", Nellie Peyton, Reuters, February 22, 2019