Kenya: Dialogue Works - For the rights of working children
To strengthen the rights of working children worldwide, Terre des Hommes and Kindernothilfe jointly launched the project "Dialogue Works", which now has over 20 partner organizations.
For years, Phenyle had to work to contribute to her family's livelihood. In Nairobi, Kenya's capital, she sold coffee and snacks at events. Today, Phenyle is 17 years old and advocates for the rights of working children in the "Dialogue Works" project. Young people from 15 countries work together to effectively represent their concerns to policymakers.
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“My job is to gather the concerns and complaints of working children and ensure that they are heard by those in charge,” Phenyle explains her role in the project. She wants to raise awareness of the rights that working children have. “Children shouldn’t have to do every kind of work. We also need to rest and be allowed to be children,” she says.
For Phenyle, one thing is clear: to protect children from exploitation, their needs and concerns must be taken seriously. "Everyone in society must understand how important it is to involve children in decision-making – especially in matters that affect them," says Phenyle.
"Decisions made for us without us often work against us."