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“Girls want to lead their own futures!” joan_kem1, 25-year-old founder of gufashagirlsfoundation, said this weekend at the #WhatGirlsWant demonstration directed at world leaders who continue to neglect the meaningful inclusion of girls in future planning. “Let girls lead!” Joan is a shesthefirst Girl-Centered Incubator Fellow and a member of transform.education at ungirlseducation. More than 50 young women from around the world – including the youngest Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai – gathered to take United Nations member states to task for failing to prioritize girls and young women in the planning and content of the upcoming Summit of the Future.  At a demonstration in front of the UN, surrounded by life-size cutouts of world leaders dressed ironically as youthful “girl experts”, the activists delivered a strong message: world leaders aren’t the experts on what girls want and need for their futures – girls are.  The group is backed by an informal coalition of girl-centere...

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