Children so often suffer unjustly, just because they are children, for the world too often sees them as less worthy to have a voice. However all children have the right to be heard, and they have so much to say and contribute to the world. With age and power we so often forget the wisdom of a child.
Many children have spent all of their short lives in the turmoil of war, poverty, or being abused, and if we are not prepared to listen to their voices, then they will never be free. A child knows abuse, a child knows hunger, a child knows injustice and suffering, and we must allow them to speak and listen to what they say, for if we do we may actually learn something.
Children's Rights Photo Essay
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Links:
Plan – Children Speak Through Media
RIGHTS-SRI LANKA: Children Speak up to Shape Education Policy
Children in Haiti speak out on their rights
Girls speak out for their rights at UN-backed forum
YPress – A Children's News Network