Sunday 5 June 2011

The champions lobbied furiously!

In just four days, Angelina, Angel, Lilbeth, Ginne and Tatiana have become very confident and effective lobbyists. and I am pretty confident in saying that I have the feeling of a job well done!
We spent three days at the ILC, and in this time, our champions managed to talk to and present their global views to over 30 governemental delegations, this is amazing! They played an important role in making sure that article 4 wasn't watered down and delegates understood the importance of the convention to protect child domestic workers globally.
It wasn't easy at the begining, it has to be said: delegates have very little time, are constantly moving around and not always used to listening meaningfully to the opinions of children. But the champions worked hard on their messaging, making sure that they were able to present the global views of other child domestic workers in not more than the 3 minutes delegates were allocating them.
I would like to say congratulations to our five fantastic lobbyists for taking up the challenge and reaching out to so many governements.
Audrey

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