Participants in the Process. 7.8.2.1 The employee shall have the benefit of representation by the union, and SIAST shall have the benefit of representation by the Human Resource Office. Legal counsel may be used by either party.
Participants in the Process. The responsibility of toilet training usually falls to the mother, in the same way that she is responsible for supervising the child’s defecation habits and disposing of his feces. Some mothers mentioned other members of the household as being secondary participants in this process - namely, older siblings but occasionally the father or grandmothers – however, toilet training is typically considered primarily the mother’s role. However, once the child has been introduced to latrine use and have become comfortable using the latrine without fear, they can often be assisted in the latrine by older siblings. Some mothers reported that their children all visit the latrine together, and the older siblings who are already fully toilet trained help the younger children use the latrine. “This young one, I just tell him to go and poop inside there and at times when he goes with the others they show him how to poop.” (V2 R5) “For the siblings, he/she just follows them when they are going to the latrine such that when one leaves the latrine another one enters, when one leaves another one enters. Just like that…Whenever he says that, ‘Mum, I want to go to the latrine,’ I tell them to escort him there.” (V1 R2) However, this does not eliminate the mother’s involvement – she is still the one who is ultimately responsible for overseeing process. Also, if older siblings are in school and the father is working away from home, there can often be times during the day when the mother is the only one home with the young child. The father can also occasionally take part in assisting the child in the latrine; this usually happens when the mother is unavailable, and he does not play as involved a role as the mother: “When I am away and their father is present….he usually teaches them…it might be that their father accompanies them [to the latrine] but he only stands out[side]. He won’t check if the child has defecated well….[because] he usually perceives that as a tough task or it’s work meant for mothers.” (V2 R2)
Participants in the Process. 16 1. No reprisals of any kind will be taken by the parties against any party participating in 17 this process by reason of such participation.
