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Mireia Recasens Lamuà
Mireia holds a degree in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a Masters’ Degree in International Relations from Oxford Brookes University. She is currently in charge of communication at Save the Children in Catalonia, an organization that defends the rights of the child around the world.
Author's articles
Being a girl, a right without exception
Every year, nearly 12 million girls are forced to marry men much older than them, two million of them before they have even turned 15 years old.
Childhood in danger
The 20th November, Universal Children’s Day, is a good opportunity to continue giving a voice to all those children who are voiceless and to reclaim that if we fail to protect children we will have no present and no future.
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The Covid-19 pandemic exposed wage and severance theft in the garment industry, leaving thousands of workers unpaid. Major brands, including Adidas, refuse to take responsibility, despite owing millions. A coalition of labor rights groups proposes a Severance Guarantee Fund to protect workers. Without urgent action, future crises will leave workers just as vulnerable.
Every 12 minutes, a girl dies as a direct result of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). That’s 5 girls in an hour, 120 girls a day, 44,320 girls every year. These are not just numbers—they represent real lives, dreams and futures lost to a practice without a medical purpose.
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