Claire O’Kane is a child rights practitioner and researcher. She is a qualified social worker with a Masters in Applied Social Studies, and a post-graduate diploma in social research and evaluation from UK universities. Claire learned about children’s rights and participation from organised working children in India in the 1990s and she has more than 25 years of international experience supporting child rights and participation work in diverse contexts. Claire has been a consultant supporting the Dialogue Works and Time to Talk participatory research and advocacy initiatives since 2015.