African Climate Summit: voices of youth advocates
November 3, 2023
The African Climate Summit, held in Nairobi, brought together Child Advisory Committee members of Dialogue Works like Julie, Mike, Phenylle and Diana, who are also actively engaged in addressing climate change within their communities.
The youth delegates shared their experiences and insights about climate issues, their expectations from countries responsible for climate change, and recommendations for a better approach to include working children and youth in international policy debates.
Read moreLaunch of the Kigali Declaration
April 17, 2023
The Dialogue Works campaign is proud to launch the Kigali Declaration – the outcome document of our Global Gathering of Working Children and Youth, which took place in Kigali/ Rwanda in January 2023.This declaration summarizes the key demands of working children and has been elaborated by 63 child participants from 16 countries.
Read moreDialogue Works @AfricanChildrenSummit
April 11, 2023
A total of 10 delegates from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Kenya presented the Kigali Declaration at the African Children Summit, held from 10th to 12th April 2023 in Nairobi, Kenia.
The African Children Summit was a child-led conference for strengthening the visibility of children and their rights, following the motto: seen. heard. engaged. The Summit brought together children from across Africa and beyond to share their experiences on matters of children rights and protection.
Read moreGlobal Gathering 2023
January 26, 2023
In January of 2023, Dialogue Works successfully hosted its first ever Global Gathering of working Children and Youth in Kigali, Rwanda, a conference for working children and youth representatives to exchange, to learn from one another, to build capacities and share key messages on crosscutting issues affecting the lives of working children and youths. 5 days packed with experiences – here is a sneak peak of impressions!
Read moreV. Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour
May 11, 2022
Every 5 years representatives of governments, unions, employers, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and civil society come together to review the situation of working children worldwide, the progress made to eliminate the worst forms of child labour and the methodologies and approaches that proved successful to support that end. In 2022 this “Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour” will be set in Durban, South Africa.
Read moreStart of the Dialogue Works Global CAC
January 14, 2022
In January 2022 the first meeting of the Global Children’s Advisory Committee of Dialogue Works took place. 16 CAC members from 8 countries from different all parts of the world will from now on meet to advise, support and strengthen the advocacy of the campaign.
Read moreDialogue Works at the FAO Global Solutions Forum
November 2, 2021
Agriculture is one of the most dangerous working sectors for children. Young people working in agriculture may face hazardous or physically heavy work. Sometimes their obligations prevent them from going to school. What can be done to improve the situation of working children in agriculture?
Read moreDialogue Work at the UN General Assembly
September 22, 2021
How does the COVID-19 pandemic affect the lives of children across the world? And which effects does it have on violence against children in particular? These were the main questions addressed in a High-level Side Event hosted by the Un Special Representative on Violence against Children Dr. Najat M. M’jid in the 76th UN General Assembly on 22 September 2021.
Read morePublication: Participation & Resilience
September 20, 2021
Children’s resilience, their capacity to adapt to new situations and contexts, has always been an important factor which impacted how children learned, strived and succeeded. However, during the past 18 months of a global pandemic – leading to school closures, job loss and isolation – the crucial role resilience can play in the development of a child has been emphasized even more.
Read moreReady, Set, Go – Because Dialogue Works!
July 8, 2021
Now that Time to Talk has come to an end, we are pleased to annouce what’s next! Learn all about our new project!
Read moreC20 Summit 2020
October 6, 2020
Time to Talk! hosted a panel discussion during the virtual Civil Society Summit 2020. Four Children Advisory Comittee delegates from Kenya and Bangladesh shared their experience and suggestions in a session called “Let our voices be heard: Working children perspectives on local and global matters”.
Read moreUN Publication: When Children take the Lead
June 19, 2020
Time to Talk! is part of the latest publication of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. The report “When children take the lead” contents 10 examples of participatory approaches to tackle violence.
Read morePublication: Getting ready for the journey of child participation
December 16, 2019
Child participation in International Development Cooperation – about which importance everyone is talking but which has not taken off yet in reality.
Read more30. Anniversary of UNCRC
November 28, 2019
On the occasion of the 30 Years anniversary of the UN-Child Rights Convention the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Delevopment invited two Time to Talk!-Delegates to speak about their lives as child workers.
Read morePublication: Policy Briefing Paper
July 23, 2019
The Policy Briefing Paper which is published jointly by Time to Talk and Young Lives, aims to incorporate Working Children´s Views in policy interventions.
Read moreCAC Advocacy Action: Implementation of our advocacy plan
June 1, 2019
The CAC Advocacy Action will take place from June 2019 until September of the same year.
Read morePublication: Toolkit II
January 1, 2019
In September 2018 the preparations for the Toolkit II started. Click below to read more about Toolkit II.
Read moreUN-CRC: General Day of Discussion
August 1, 2018
A gernal day of discussion on the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child was held in August of 2018.
Read moreGlobal Child Forum Participation
April 1, 2018
Two youth representatives from Indonesia talked about their situation as working children at the Global Child Forum in Stockholm on 11th of April 2018.
Read morePublication: Lessons Learned Report
February 2, 2018
The Lessons Learned have been developed from February 2018 until September 2019.
Read morePublication: In simple words
January 15, 2018
The results of the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour – not only for children!
Read morePublication: Paul´s Diary
December 15, 2017
Paul and Supermaia travel the world together to visit working children and to find out about the different lives, hopes and reasons why children work.
Read moreGlobal Conference on The Sustained Eradication of Child Labour in Buenos Aires.
November 15, 2017
IV Global Conference on The Sustained Eradication of Child Labour took place in Buenos Aires in November 2017.
Read morePublication:Time to Talk Main Report
November 2, 2017
The Time to Talk Report was published in November 2017.
Read moreStarting the Consultations
July 1, 2016
Partners started the consultation of the 1,822 children in 36 countries worldwide until February 2018.
Read moreToolkit I: Regional Training Workshops
May 1, 2016
To try out the new Toolkit, partners met for regional training workshops in Kigali, Rwanda and Manila, Philippines. Three days they tried out methods and activities to work with children in the research consultations and further support children during the children advisory meetings.
Read moreFoundation of Children Advisory Committees
March 3, 2016
To support the organisation of the consultations Children’s Advisory Committees were formed in 17 countries and regions of the world.
Read moreStart of Project Planning and Funding
March 1, 2015
Kindernothilfe and terres des hommes started to design the Project concept of Time to Talk!.
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