A general day of discussion on the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child was held in August of 2018.

“It’s Time to Talk! – The engagement of all people to improve the lives of working children” *******Spanish and French below ******* Two youth representatives from Indonesia talked about their situation as working children in front of leading international companies and scientists at the Global Child Forum in Stockholm on 11th of April 2018: “My name is  Kesia ,  I‘m 17 years old. I live with my parents in the suburbs of Medan City, Indonesia.I live with my father who is a parking guard, my mother who is a scavenger and my younger sister who is 13 years old and studying at second grade in middle school. She also works as a scavenger. I started working on the street when I was 10 years old. I work because my parents are struggling to pay our school costs, and since I am afraid of dropping out, I decided to work with my mother. Initially I worked as a street singer. I was very tired because I had to work under the sun every day. My schoolmates also…

The Lessons Learned are being developed from February 2018 until September 2019. The Report is now available in English and will be soon in Spanish. This report outlines the results of the lessons learned and validation process of the Time to Talk project, undertaken from January to July 2018. This process aimed to identify, analyse and document the: Scope, quality and outcomes of children’s participation in Time to Talk Lessons learned on the participation of working children in advocacy and research projects Recommendations to improve the effective and ethical participation of working children in ongoing research, practice and policy development The lessons learned and validation process used qualitative and quantitative methods and engaged different project stakeholders: 7 Children Advisory Comittees from Asia, Europe and Latin America Online questionnaire results from four Adult Advisory Committee (AAC) members Transcripts from two, half-day online consultations with four Time to Talk Steering Committee members, and two consultant

‘It’s Time to Talk! – Children’s Views on Children’s Work’ (hereinafter: Time to Talk) was launched by Kindernothilfe, Save the Children Canada, and Terre des Hommes  in March 2016. The goal of Time to Talk is that of enabling working children to have their views heard in local, national and global decision-making processes,  including in the run-up to the IV Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour in Argentina in November 2017. Including more than 50 civil society partners, 1 822 children (52% girls, 48% boys) aged 5 to 18 in 36 countries across the world. Time to Talk provided neutral spaces in which to listen to the perspectives of girls and boys working in diverse settings, in order to gain increased understanding of: the different motivations and reasons for children’s work; children’s likes and dislikes about their work and working conditions; and their messages for different stakeholders on how best to support them.

“Simply Explained” – the results of the Global Conference of The Sustained Eradication of Child Labour explained child friendly The inicial aim of the “It’s Time to Talk!”-campaign was to visit the Global Conference of The Sustained Eradication of Child Labour in Buenos Aires in November 2017 together with a children’s delegation. Because of several reasons concerning time and logistic troubles we were not able to reach this aim: the Steering comittee of Time to Talk! traveled as represantatives for all participating children to Argentina and presented the campaign and finally the report with all findings and results. The report is already available in a child friendly language to share all experiences and views of the children among each other. But we also want to explain what results came out of the conference itself. All participating countries adopted a declaration after the conference. In “Simply Explained” we wrote this declaration in a very child friendly language to let all children know, what they decided what will happen concerning “child work” in the future. Main principles…

Partners started the consultation of the 1,822 children in 36 countries worldwide until February 2018. The goals of the consultations are to: Ensure that the views and suggestions of working children are heard in the run up to the next Global Conference on Child Labour in Argentina 2017. Better understand the benefits, challenges, risks, and complexities of children’s work experienced by girls and boys in different situations and contexts. Encourage children to undertake action planning and advocacy to improve the lives of working children. Share children’s views, experiences and recommendations and use the results to increase children’s protection, well-being and development.