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INCLUSION
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Article 31
The right to play
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"I want a better life than this"
Andrea, 11, and Victoria, 9, Brazil
Andrea lives on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. Every weekend, she works selling sweets to passengers in cars. In contrast, Victoria lives with her family in an upper middle class flat in São Paulo. The girls inhabit completely different worlds.
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Article 31
The right to be included in activities
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"Why are there more people living on the streets?"
Kalidasan, age unknown, Sri Lanka
Kalidasan was born in Sri Lanka. He lives on the street with his parents. In his conversation with a children's aid worker, he asks about his family's right to live in a home and his chances of becoming a volleyball player.
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Article 23
Dignity for disabled children
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"My friend might have found my eyes peculiar"
Quynh Nhu, 12, Vietnam
Quynh Nhu is sight-impaired. She attends a school for the blind in Ho ChiMinh City and wants to learn as much as she can in order to become a teacher for sight-impaired children.
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Article 40
A child is presumed innocent
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"Life in jail was very difficult"
Main, 15, and Ajmal, age unknown, Afghanistan
Main and Ajmal, two Afghan refugee boys living in Pakistan, were caught with heroin hidden in their shoes and were sent to jail. Both are poor and had been promised money in exchange for transporting drugs.
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