{"id":4479,"date":"2020-11-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/?p=4479"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:34:53","slug":"the-ombudsman-for-childrens-office-to-celebrate-world-childrens-day-with-child-talks-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/news\/the-ombudsman-for-childrens-office-to-celebrate-world-childrens-day-with-child-talks-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office To Celebrate World Children\u2019s Day with Child Talks 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office (OCO)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>will mark World Children\u2019s Day tomorrow, Friday the 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of November, with a special online broadcast of Child Talks 2020<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>Child Talks is an annual Ted Talks style event that aims to elevate the voices of children and young people and provide a unique platform for them to share their stories and vision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An Taoiseach, Miche\u00e1l Martin T.D and the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon will join<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>speakers from across\u00a0 Ireland aged 8 to 18 years as they take to the virtual stage to cover a range of topics including mental health,\u00a0individuality at school, the environment, living with autism, homelessness, youth activism and cultural identity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s Child Talks speakers are:<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n \t<li>Cuan (10) from Cork was diagnosed with Autism when he was very young and in his short video, he will talk about some of the challenges he faces every day and his strategies to\u00a0deal with them.<\/li>\n \t<li>India (17) from Donegal who will share how, after learning to cope with her own mental health struggles she was inspired to support her fellow students and produce a mental health manual for Covid times.<\/li>\n \t<li>Katherine (16) from Dublin will talk about how she struggled to embrace her Nigerian culture while also wanting to \u2018fit in\u2019 with everyone else.<\/li>\n \t<li>Emer (17) from Tipperary will talk about importance of self-expression, which is enshrined in\u00a0Article 13 of the UNCRC and states that a child should have the right to freedom of expression.<\/li>\n \t<li>Sisters \u00a0Maria (16) and Afaf (13) from Dublin will share their story about the volunteer work they undertake with their Mother at the charity the Muslim Sisters of Eire.<\/li>\n \t<li>Charlie (8) from Cork will talk about how caring for the environment at a local level is vital to all our lives, especially as we all spend more time outdoors.<\/li>\n \t<li>Evan (18) from Cork will talk about activism and empowering young people to build their own activism toolbox from scratch and to stand up for the issues they believe in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hour-long broadcast will be co-hosted by Eric (19) from Longford and Katie (19) from Kilkenny, who were both\u00a0Child Talks\u2019 speaker themselves, wowing the audience in 2019 and 2018 respectively, with their energy and enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a special message to the participants and the young viewers across the country An Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin T.D said \u201cThe stories and experiences of the participants of Child Talks 2020 illustrate how children and young people are often leaders in times of change and challenge. I appreciate how difficult the past few months have been for young people, how much they have missed out on, and I understand that they are worried about their families and friends. I also know how resilient and strong young people are and how supportive they are of each other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBe proud of all the things you have already achieved, bring the learnings and experiences of the last eight months with you into the future, and make your family, your society and the world a better place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to Covid-19 restrictions Child Talks, which normally takes place as a live event, was moved entirely on-line.\u00a0Each of the speakers and the hosts, under the guidance of the OCO Child Talks team, recorded their story from their own homes all over Ireland. This\u00a0 will now form the\u00a0special programme to be broadcast at 11 am on Friday 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of November on the OCO website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oco.ie%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csile%40q4pr.ie%7Cad837dcbb42d40f1fcd408d88ae4d7db%7Cf2c4b21a8dcf4c10a38c515cbc0839f0%7C0%7C0%7C637412062761774439%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=yPTYzNUrjUqUeX%2BgcD7KF8vRJPxJBhvj%2FRnMLPWtTh0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.oco.ie<\/a>. The broadcast will also include Irish language subtitles and sign language interpretation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking in advance of the broadcast of Child Talks 2020, Roderic O\u2019 Gorman T.D and\u00a0Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth said \u201c Child Talks 2020 promises to be an extra special event and I wish to congratulate all the participants who I know went to a huge effort to create the programme.\u00a0World Children\u2019s Day is an opportunity for us to advocate, celebrate and promote children\u2019s rights\u00a0it is therefore truly inspiring to see how these children and young people are\u00a0 so capable of advocating for themselves, their families and their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon said \u201cThe format for Child Talks 2020 may have changed quite dramatically but the stories and experiences are more powerful than ever. Here at the Ombudsman\u2019s Office we were absolutely committed to ensuring we could give children and young people a voice in this year of upheaval. Our commitment was met each step of the way with the enthusiasm and passion of the participants.\u00a0 Child Talks 2020 is testament to both the resilience and enterprising nature of young people during the Covid- 19 pandemic. I want to thank them all for stepping up and sharing their stories and I would encourage everyone to tune in tomorrow for this very special broadcast. \u201c<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Child Talks\u00a0<\/strong><strong>2020 will be\u00a0 broadcast at 11 am on Friday 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of November on the OCO website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oco.ie%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csile%40q4pr.ie%7Cad837dcbb42d40f1fcd408d88ae4d7db%7Cf2c4b21a8dcf4c10a38c515cbc0839f0%7C0%7C0%7C637412062761774439%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=yPTYzNUrjUqUeX%2BgcD7KF8vRJPxJBhvj%2FRnMLPWtTh0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">www.oco.ie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office (OCO)\u00a0will mark World Children\u2019s Day tomorrow, Friday the 20th\u00a0of November, with a special online broadcast of Child Talks 2020.\u00a0Child Talks is an annual Ted Talks style event that aims to elevate <a class=\"read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/news\/the-ombudsman-for-childrens-office-to-celebrate-world-childrens-day-with-child-talks-2020\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":18291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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