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Girls: Challenging the World
A United Nations Leaflet for Secondary-School Students
Meet 14-year-old Malini from India, who hopes that it may be
possible to postpone her marriage. Meet 8-year-old Wanjiku
from Kenya, who has been taken out of school by her parents
so that she can help her mother with a new baby and meet
11-year-old Zlata of Bosnia who is very concerned about civil
war and violence in homes and streets. Real people in real
situations. Teachers and others involved with discussing
such subjects among others with children will find these
stories, teaching notes and discussion questions offered in
this book most helpful. It is written in simple prose for
children themselves to read.
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