A Vision Shared: Phoebe, 24, Kenya

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What are the greatest challenges to youth health and rights?

The greatest challenges that women and girls face in Kenya are a lack of education and female circumcision.  Also, most women and girls are given to marriage forcefully, and without their husbands having had an HIV test. As a result, most women end up being infected with HIV/AIDS.

How are you making the world safer and healthier for youth?

I am teaching my community—especially young people—about their right to education and their right to take, and have their partners take, an HIV/AIDS test before marriage.

What are you dreams for yourself and for the world's youth?

For youth to know their rights and learn to say "no" or "yes" to sexual relations or marriage.

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Vision submitted August 13, 2008.