Vicky Kanyoka is the IDWN Regional Coordinator for Africa. She comes from Tanzania and has been very active in her country’s committed efforts to tackle child labour, including in domestic work. On behalf of the Network, on 3 June, she gave a presentation to the opening session of the Tripartite Committee as it started to discuss the proposed Convention. [Read Vicky’s opening statement here]
Then, on 10 June, she addressed the Plenary meeting of the whole Conference. Over the days, too many governments had been saying they do not have the resources to take comprehensive action to turn domestic work into decent work. So, drawing on her own country’s experience – one of the poorest in the world – she shows that governments can solve problems which at first seem to so difficult, as long as they have imagination and commitment. [Read Vicky’s closing speech here]
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