A/HRC/9/20 page 9 (c) Goal 3 (To promote gender equality and empower women.) The target under this goal is for the elimination of gender disparity in primary and secondary schools. ILO figures show that over half of those who are forced into commercial economic exploitation are women and girls,13 almost all of whom will not be attending school; (d) Goal 4 (To reduce child mortality.) UNICEF reports that 126 million children perform hazardous work,14 which constitutes one of the worst forms of child labour. Working under these conditions is harmful for the physical health of children; (e) Goal 6 (To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases.) Children whose rights have been taken away and are in conditions of slavery are unlikely to get the basic health care they need let alone for major diseases such as HIV/AIDS or malaria. 23. In addition, if Goal 7 (To ensure environmental sustainability.) is not achieved, it would further devastate households and significantly increase conditions that foster child labour. 24. The Special Rapporteur will look into structural factors that can explain the persistence of forced labour practices of children and apply a holistic, comprehensive child-rights-centred approach to the protection of children. C. Domestic work 25. Abusive and unprotected working conditions of domestic workers around the world have been documented by ILO and other organizations. For example, the report of the Committee on Equal Opportunities between Men and Women of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) defined domestic slavery as the situation of a vulnerable individual forced, by physical and/or moral coercion, to work without any real financial reward, deprived of liberty and in a situation contrary to human dignity. Domestic workers are especially vulnerable to forced labour because of the unprotected nature of their work, the highly personalized relationship between the worker and his or her employer and their insecure legal status in the host country. Domestic work takes place in the private household and the worker has to resort to clandestine means of communication with the outside world, which is typically excluded from where he or she is confined. Migrant domestic workers are especially vulnerable because of their insecure legal status in the country in which they work. Domestic service is used as a cover mainly to lure women and girls into employment abroad, while deceiving them about the real nature of their work.15 For many, seeking employment away from their homes or outside their country of origin is the only means to escape poverty. 13 See International Labour Organization, ILO minimum estimate of forced labour in the world, by Patrick Belser, Michaelle de Cock and Farhad Mehran. 14 See UNICEF, Child Protection Information Sheet: Child Labour (www.unicef.org/protection/ files/Child_Labour.pdf). 15 See International Labour Organization, ILO minimum estimate of forced labour in the world, by Patrick Belser, Michaelle de Cock and Farhad Mehran.