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Large children's conference with UN special representatives in Kenya

Kindenothilfe and terre des hommes support demands of working children

Duisburg/Osnabrück, 05.04.2023 - A special kind conference starts on Easter Monday in Nairobi/Kenya: The African Children Summit. A conference in which around 700 children from all over Africa take part and which are initiated and directed by the same age. The summit brings children and young people together with important decision -makers from politics so that they talk about their experiences and recommendations for the implementation of their rights. For example, the deputy chair of the UN Children's Rights Committee, Philip D. Jaffé, or the UN special representative for violence against children, Najat Maalla. The goal of the summit is to strengthen children and create a room in which they are seen, heard and involved.

Among the guests is also a group of working children from the Dialogue Works campaign is carried out by the Kinderothilfe and terre des hommes Together with other working children at the Dialogue Works Children's Conference in January of this year, they adopted the Kigai declaration in Rwanda-a political claim catalog that they now want to share with the whole world in Nairobi. A total of 63 children from 16 countries participated in the creation of declaration. They demand in particular from the political decision -makers:

  1. Efficient measures to combat poverty, in particular the ensuring of crumbling jobs so that the basic needs can be met,
  2. To treat education prioritiously and to give every child access to high quality education and training,
  3. To protect children from exploitation and poor working conditions and to enable them to work appropriately and worthy in parallel with the school attendance,
  4. To involve children in the laws and decisions relating to them, to hear them and to involve their view,
  5. Protection against violence and discrimination.

Through these measures, political decisions are intended to become more realistic and context -specific and take into account and improve the living conditions of working children.

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