'Be the leaders you wanted as kids', says teenage winner of KidsRights prize

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Rena Kawasaki received the 2022 KidsRights International Children's Prize for her campaigns in Japan 'ensuring that the voices of young people are heard... '

A Japanese teenager who has become an advocate for children urged politicians to become the leaders they would have admired as youngsters, after winning a prestigious youth award on Monday.

"Be the leaders that your young self would have wanted you to be," said Kawasaki, whose work to get children involved in political, environmental and social issues has earned her recognition at the highest government levels in Japan. The goal of the project is to create, over the next 50 to 100 years, a city that is both ecologically sustainable and economically viable.

The teenage activist told AFP she wanted to"make sure that there is a youth voice within the Japanese government... to make sure that youth feel powerful in that space".

 

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