Maria da Silva

Maria da Silva is a 18 year old youth activist who is passionate about equal rights for everyone. She is committed to Amnesty's work and is part of the movement to end abuses of human rights. In her town, she leads one of Amnesty's youth activist groups and advocates for rights for all. She is also the leader of the Amnesty Norway Youth Council.

Maria also makes an extra effort for girls' and children's rights as an activist in Plan International. She is part of Plan's youth group in Norway which works with long-term development work and to engage youth in these topics. She wishes to continue to fight for human rights and hopes to be able to work with such topics in the future.

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“I would really appreciate it if everyone made an extra effort to engage today's youth in the face of injustice and help fight against it.”

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