Mireille is an Ambassador for girls’ rights

A year ago, Mireille was kidnapped by an armed group in DR Congo and exploited as a sex slave. Today, she’s a World’s Children’s Prize Child Rights Ambassador who fights for girls’ rights. Today, on International Women’s day, we celebrate Mireille and all other girls and women around the world who fight for their rights. Mireille says: “Before reading The Globe I had no idea that we girls have rights. Suddenly, I realised that what the soldiers did to me and the other girls wasn’t just horrific, it was also a violation of our rights.
Mireille decided to become a World’s Children’s Prize Ambassador.
I have started a WCP child rights club in my area. I try to teach people all I know about the rights of the child, especially girls’ rights. We read together and talk. And we support one another. We need that support, because it’s hard to be a girl in Congo. Many are kidnapped by soldiers and abused in the same way I was. That’s why it’s so important to be a Child Rights Ambassador here, and tell people that we have a right to be treated well.
In the photo (by Johan Bjerke), Mireille, in pink, talks to younger girls in her village about her experiences. Learn more about Mireille here.