We are calling the children and young people who have come to lobby the ILO 'Children's Champions' because they will be championing the views of over 250 children around the world at the ILO's conference this year.
They have been chosen by their colleagues and peers to take on the role of 'champion' and have all taken part in consultations where child domestic workers voiced their views about the forthcoming ILO convention on domestic work. All the children's champions are currently working as a child domestic worker or are former child domestic workers so they will be speaking from personal experience when they star to lobby ILO delegates on Wednesday.
Today they are arriving, tired from long journeys but happy that they're here (in Tanzania they said they were convinced they would not get the visa). Tonight we will have all welcome meal and get to know each other a little more.
For me, it is wonderful to meet these young women after having only had a name on a form and a date of birth for 3 months. Unfortunately, I can't introduce you to them yet (I need to get their consent to use their real names!!)...but from now on I hope that some of the posts on this blog with be from these five young women. Look out for their names!!
Signing off for now....Helen, UK
They have been chosen by their colleagues and peers to take on the role of 'champion' and have all taken part in consultations where child domestic workers voiced their views about the forthcoming ILO convention on domestic work. All the children's champions are currently working as a child domestic worker or are former child domestic workers so they will be speaking from personal experience when they star to lobby ILO delegates on Wednesday.
Today they are arriving, tired from long journeys but happy that they're here (in Tanzania they said they were convinced they would not get the visa). Tonight we will have all welcome meal and get to know each other a little more.
For me, it is wonderful to meet these young women after having only had a name on a form and a date of birth for 3 months. Unfortunately, I can't introduce you to them yet (I need to get their consent to use their real names!!)...but from now on I hope that some of the posts on this blog with be from these five young women. Look out for their names!!
Signing off for now....Helen, UK
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