What is an issue you wish more leaders talked about?
In Assembly’s “Around the world” series, girls sound off on the topics that matter to them, from the companies they’re dreaming up to the issues they wished more leaders talked about.
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“Leaders should talk more about the freedom girls have in their families and how they are treated different to the males in the house. Not just in the educational way but in many other ways as well. For a girl it is wrong to talk to a guy yet if a boy talks to a girl is acceptable.”
— Sukh, 17, New Zealand
“I wish more leaders would talk about abuse. Like underage marriages in Asian countries.”
— Malika, 15, Kazakhstan
“I would really like if Brazilian leaders talked more about our dictatorial past. Brazil lived under a dictatorship for 21 years and many people are still missing.”
— Luiza, 16, Brazil
“I wish presidents would be more forthcoming and frank about their country's social shortcomings rather than just the economic situation of a country. For example, if there is an ongoing genocide within the country, I wish presidents would at least be more open and truthful about the realities of such problem.”
— Taing Eaindray, 19, Myanmar
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