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25 January 2012 

Who will be a Child Rights Hero 
for 27 million children?

Today children around the world will reveal which three Child Rights Heroes are the candidates for the World’s Children’s Prize 2012. Millions of children worldwide will be deciding in a Global Vote who will be the children’s prize laureate for outstanding contributions to the rights of the child.

The three candidates were selected by the World’s Children’s Prize Child Jury. The young jury members are experts in children’s rights through their own life experiences, including as child soldiers and debt slaves.
   “We have selected three strong women who have made outstanding contributions for children,” says Lisa Bonongwe, 16, from Zimbabwe. 
 
Patrons of the World’s Children’s Prize include Queen Silvia of Sweden and Nelson Mandela. 
  

The three candidates are:



• Anna Mollel for fighting for more than 20 years for Maasai children with disabilities in Tanzania..
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• Sakena Yacoobi for her long and often highly dangerous fight for mainly girls’ right to an education in Afghanistan.
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• Ann Skelton for her 25-year long fight for the rights of children who have been caught up in South Africa’s legal system.
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2011-04-28
Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma is the new patron of the World’s Children’s Prize
On Thursday 50 children from 15 countries honoured the child right heroes for millions of children at an Award Ceremony at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, Sweden. The big surprise at the ceremony was that the democracy champion in Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi, became a new patron of the World’s Children’s Prize. H.M. Queen Silvia presented a symbol for this, the World’s Children’s Prize crystal globe, in a ceremony for Aung San Suu Kyi.
   ”Thank you very much for honouring me. Now that I am no longer in detention I hope I shall be able to participate in the activities of your foundation. As you well know Burmese children suffer from insufficient health care and inadequate education”, says Aung San Suu Kyi, who now joins two other global legends, Nelson Mandela and Xanana Gusmão, as patron for the 24.5 million children’s award.
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2011-04-26
Millions of children chose their child rights hero
At hundreds of World’s Children’s Press Conferences all over the world, children have revealed who 3,2 million children have chosen in a Global Vote to be their child rights hero: Murhabazi Namegabe from D. R. Congo for his struggle to free children forced to be child soldiers or sex slaves. The Honorary Awards goes to Cecilia Flores-Oebanda from the Philippines and Monira Rahman from Bangladesh.
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2011-04-25
Prize Laureates 2011
Three amazing child right heroes will be honored as World’s Children’s Prize laureates this week:  Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, from the Philippines, Monira Rahman, from Bangladesh and Murhabazi Namegabe from D.R. Congo. Learn more about them here, or download the fact sheet.
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2010-11-15
Who will be 24 million children’s child rights hero?
Today, in the World’s Children’s Press Conferences all over the world, the three people selected by children to be candidates for the 2011 World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child will be announced. Millions of children all over the world will participate in a Global Vote to determine their prize laureate, on the basis of the candidates’ work for the rights of the child.
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2010-08-28
The 10th anniversary of World's Children's Prize
Honouring Decade Child Rights Heroes Graça Machel and Nelson Mandela.
 Mrs Graça Machel, one of the world leaders of The Elders (www.theelders.org) came to Sweden to receive the award in Stockholm’s City Hall on September 1.

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