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Ready, Set, Go! – Because Dialogue Works

18/11/202019/11/2020Lea Kulakow

Now that Time to Talk has come to an end, we are pleased to annouce what’s next! Learn all about our new project! read more

Call for Proposals: Moving forward

11/11/2020Lea Kulakow

Readers of our latest Newspost know, we are in the midst of preparing our next steps after the official end of Time to read more

Looking back at 4 years It’s Time to Talk!

09/11/202019/11/2020Lea Kulakow

Four years have passed since Time to Talk started in 2016 – and what a long way we have come! What started in read more

Gender Differences in Children’s Work

03/11/202005/11/2020Lea Kulakow

In the past four years, we have learned one lesson over and over again: Children’s work is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon. Its read more

C20: messages to governments & civil society

06/10/202006/10/2020Lea Kulakow

C20 panel discusion: “Let Our Voices Be Heard: Working Children’s Perspective on Local and Global Matters” read more

Time to Talk! at the Civil Society Summit 2020

03/10/202005/10/2020Lea Kulakow

Time to Talk! will host a panel discussion during the virtual Civil Society Summit 2020. Four Children Advisory Comittee delegates from Kenya and read more

Lebanon: “Working children are still children”

07/07/202007/07/2020Lea Kulakow

The messages of the Children Advisory Comittee members at AMURT Lebanon are spread all over Chouf district in Lebanon on billboards. read more

“We have very limited choices of what food to eat because of Covid.”

25/06/202007/07/2020Lea Kulakow

Key highlights from exploratory research on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of Working Children and their Families read more

When children take the lead

19/06/202019/06/2020Lea Kulakow

Time to Talk! is part of the latest publication of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. read more

World Day against Child Labour 2020

12/06/202012/06/2020Lea Kulakow

Today is just one day – however, child labour has countless different faces. And you have to talk to each and every one read more

Indonesia: COVID-19 consequences for working children

20/05/202020/05/2020Lea Kulakow

Due to the lockdown regulations in Medan, the local Children Advisory Comittee (CAC) met online to discuss challenges arising due to COVID-19 pandemic. read more

SDG 8.7: Kindernothilfe and terre des hommes partner with Alliance 8.7

16/05/202016/06/2020Lea Kulakow

The Steering Comittee Organizations Kindernothilfe and terre des hommes are both members of Alliance 8.7. Alliance 8.7 consists of partners from around the read more

Peru: “Let us be happy”

04/05/202004/05/2020Lea Kulakow

The Children Advisory Comittee in Peru created a theater play tfor their advocacy action to raise awareness on their needs to be happy. read more

Ethiopia: Thinking of children is the first step of thinking of development

17/04/202017/04/2020Lea Kulakow

Advocacy Action of the Children Advisory Committee (CAC) in Tachabi Kebele (Sinan district) Situation analysis with the “problem tree” For the children in read more

Bolivia: Carnival March against Violence

19/03/2020Lea Kulakow

Children at Carnival: “Without abuse we have a better life!” In Bolivia the Children Advisory Committee Members joint the local Carnival Festival and read more

Nepal: Children Workshops on Child Labour

09/03/202010/03/2020Lea Kulakow

Nepal: Advocacy Workshops during Child Labour Orientation Days read more

Phillipines: Time to Talk! live on the radio

20/02/202020/02/2020Lea Kulakow

Philippines: Time to Talk! live on the radio read more

Kenya – Walk against Child Labour

29/01/202003/02/2020Lea Kulakow

Children Advisory Committee members in Kenya organised a march against Child Labour. They invited important stakeholders to share their messages. read more

Peru: A Call for Love, Respect and Protection

27/01/202029/01/2020Lea Kulakow

Awareness raising meetings with parents and professors read more

Zambia: “If We Work Together We Can Build A Better Future”

20/01/202020/01/2020Lea Kulakow

Our Partner Organization JCM performed their theme song “If We Work Together We Can Build A Better Future” to parents and politicians read more

Extension of application period: Call for Proposal

17/12/201908/01/2020Lea Kulakow

Terms of Reference for the global evaluation of outcomes of the International Campaign and Research project “It’s Time to Talk! – Children’s Views read more

Getting ready for the journey of child participation

10/12/201916/12/2019Lea Kulakow

Child participation in International Development Cooperation – about which importance everyone is talking about but which has not taken of yet in reality. read more

“We need quality skill based and relevant education!”

05/12/201907/01/2020Lea Kulakow

“Let our voices be heard” – Proposals of working children and youth read more

T2T Delegates gave Speech about working children

02/12/201902/03/2020Lea Kulakow

Katherina from Peru and Jed from the Philippines gave an emotional, convincing and inspiring speech about children´s work at the 30 Years anniversary read more

Berlin: “Listen to our Voices and respect our rights!”

29/11/201929/11/2019Lea Kulakow

On the occasion of the 30 Years anniversary of the UN-Child Rights Convention the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Delevopment invited two read more

Insights: Time to Talk! in South Lebanon

11/09/201918/10/2019Lea Kulakow

Our partner terre des hommes Lebanon shared insights from the Children Advisory Committee Meetings in South Lebanon read more

Policy Briefing Paper

12/08/201912/08/2019Lea Kulakow

The Policy Briefing Paper which is published jointly by Time to Talk and Young Lives, aims to incorporate Working Children´s Views in policy read more

Diversity of children’s working realities

17/07/201918/10/2019Lea Kulakow

Children’s working realities are very diverse and it is crucial to approach children in a wider socio-ecological framework. read more

How to measure the quality of children’s participation

02/07/201918/10/2019Lea Kulakow

With the Lessons Learned Report, we evaluated the whole Time to Talk! project and process – and also the quality of children’s participation. read more

Joining Forces Report: Talking to Working Children

27/06/201919/07/2019Lea Kulakow

Time to Talk! is highlighted as a case example in a report published by the alliance Joining Forces on the 30 year anniversary read more

India: A ride for child rights

22/06/201919/07/2019Lea Kulakow

Our partner in India “PARA – People’s Action for Rural Awakening” organized a Bike rally to raise awareness for the support of working read more

Kenya: “Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!”

12/06/201921/10/2019Lea Kulakow

Our partner organization in Kenya “Action for children in crisis (AfCiC )” celebrated the World Day Against Child Labour on 12th of June read more

World Day against Child Labour in Iraq

12/06/201911/10/2019Lea Kulakow

In order to raise awareness for the World Day against Child Labour ThD Italy organized five events at Debaga Camp in Iraq to read more

New Publication: Lessons Learned and validation process

14/05/201908/07/2019Lea Kulakow

It´s Time to Talk – Children´s Views on Children´s Views: Lessons Learned The Report is now available in English and will be soon read more

Indonesia: “It’s time to talk about ending Child labour!”

05/05/201919/06/2019Lea Kulakow

A Banner for commitment Our Time to Talk! partner PKPA in Indonesia shared great pictures of CAC members designing a banner. It was read more

Overview of partner organizations 2019

26/04/201918/05/2019Lea Kulakow

For 2019, the second project phase of Time to Talk!, we implement 27 Children Advisory Comittees in 18 countries worldwide. read more

Regional Workshops in Nepal, Zambia, Peru and Kosovo

25/04/201926/04/2019Lea Kulakow

To start the second phase of the Time to Talk! project four regional workshops took place in Nepal, Zambia, Peru and Kosovo. All read more

Time to Talk! goes into a Second Project Phase

01/11/201825/04/2019Lea Kulakow

Time flies and initially the Time to Talk! project was planned to end 2018 with the publication of our (upcoming) Validation & Lessons read more

Children advocating for their rights in India

03/09/201821/10/2019Lea Kulakow

“Provide employment to our parents!” “Create a conductive atmosphere for children’s education!” “Supply significant and equitable education for all read more

Nepal: “Listen to our voices!”

21/08/201821/10/2019Lea Kulakow

CAC-Members in Nepal share their messages with goverment officials Our Time to Talk!-partner CWISH shared a great video, which shows the participation and read more

Video Statement of Time to Talk!-representatives Kesia & Fauza

05/07/201809/07/2018Lea Kulakow

Feedback-Video of Time to Talk!-representatives about the Global Child Forum 2018 In April 2018, two delegates of Time to Talk! traveled from Indonesia to read more

The results of the #CLCONF “Simply Explained”

26/06/201817/10/2019Lea Kulakow

“Simply Explained” – the results of the Global Conference on the Sustained Eradication of Child Labour explained child-friendly The initial aim of the read more