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Girls: Victims of double discrimination.
Written by: Natalia López Translated by: Holly-Anne Whyte Review by: Chihiro Tsukamoto
In many countries, girls are the first victims when children’s human rights are violated and they often suffer double discrimination: for their age and for their gender. They are more discriminated against than boys, for being minors and female. Furthermore, this double discrimination can become triple discrimination if one adds other factors, such as being poor or d...
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