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Girls
have a right to
be themselves—people first and females second—and
to resist pressure to behave in sex stereotyped ways.
- Girls
have a right to express themselves with originality
and enthusiasm.
- Girls
have a right
to take risks, to strive freely and to take pride in success.
- Girls
have a right
to accept and enjoy the bodies they were born with and not to feel pressured
to compromise their health in order to satisfy the dictates of an "ideal"
physical image.
- Girls
have a right
to be free of vulnerability and self-doubt and to develop as mentally
and emotionally sound individuals.
- Girls
have a right
to prepare for interesting work and economic independence.
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