• NOminees 2012


    Nominees official for the

    The World’s Children’s Prize 2012

    The World's Children's Prize-program 2012, including the Global Vote, starts 25 January and ends 15 May. You can now read and download the Globe Magazine. If your school is not yet registered to participate in the program, you can join here.

    > Meet the new nominees

     

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    Democracy champion

    Aung San Suu Kyi new patron


    On April 28, 2011, the democracy champion from 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.

    > Learn more about our new patron

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    Your voice is heard

    World’s Children's
    Conference

    Every year children make their voices heard and demand respect for their rights at hundreds of World’s Children’s Press Conference® that are held around the world.

    > More about the World’s Children’s Press Conferences

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    Millions of children

    chose their hero

    At World’s Children’s Press Conferences around the world, children revealed who 3,2 million children chose in a Global Vote to be their child rights hero in 2011: Murhabazi Namegabe from D. R. Congo. The Honorary Award 2011 went to Cecilia Flores-Oebanda from the Philippines and Monira Rahman from Bangladesh.

    > Watch a video from the Award Ceremony
    > More about the Laureates 2011

     

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    Become a Child Rights Sponsor


    Help more children learn about the rights of the child and gain faith in the future through the World's Children's Prize, including millions of vulnerable children. Your donation will make it possible for some of the world’s most vulnerable children to learn about their rights and make their voices heard.

    > Donate today!

What's new?


25 January

The 2012 nominees for the World's Children's Prize Program are official: Meet them here.

 

6 January

The World's Children's Prize Program kicks off on January 25! Is your school already a Global Friend? Otherwise, hurry up and register here.

 

1 January

The World's Children's Decade Child Rights Heroes, Graca Machel and Nelson Mandela sent us a New Year’s greetings today and told us to ‘keep up the very good work that you are doing’.

Kids reading the Globe

The magazine!

Read fun, sad and inspiring global stories in the magazine.

 

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Our Laureates

The Prize Laureates are some of the world's bravest Child Rights defenders and our Heroes.

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Your rights!

Learn about the Rights of the Child.

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The Global Vote!

57,450 Global Friend-schools with 27 million students in 102 countries are already behind us! The Global Vote record is 7,1 million voting children!