Yara
Girls rights a wake-up call!

“Studying the rights of girls was a wake-up call!

Here where I live there are children working in hard labour and girls who are sold by their own parents. There are children who are forced to exchange their studies for work. That’s a crime. Children need to study to have a better future. The World’s Children’s Prize is very important because it defends the rights of all children.” 
Yara, 15, Arthur Trindade Municipal School

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