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Girls speak up and free Guatemala from child marriage
“I am 16 years old and I do not want to get married,” said Brenda Alviruez, a 16 year old adolescent, loudly when she spoke at a press conference before media and deputies of the congress,...
LAC region launches a campaign to protect migrant children
More than 30,000 children and adolescents from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico returned to their countries of origin in 2016, leaving them vulnerable and at risk of violence....
"Every Last Girl" campaign launch
Adolescents from Latin America and the Caribbean present their proposals and demands to the States within the framework of "Every Last Girl" global campaign. They asked the authorities to be heard,...
Ending malnutrition for every last child in Guatemala
Almost 50% of children under the age of five in Guatemala are malnourished. State structures favour a small section of the population and disadvantage the majority, with the indigenous populations...
Report: Unequal Portions
Good nutrition – a healthy, balanced, adequate diet – is a matter of life or death. And the difference between surviving or thriving. It is essential for a healthy immune system, to protect against...
Campaigning with Children in Latin America and Caribbean
In LAC region we are not only working with children, but it's the children who are campaigning with us and we are learning how to campaign with them. Watch this video where children and adolescents...
