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Fifteen-year-old Hanna Gama has traveled thousands of kilometers from Malawi

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to meet some of the world's top scientists gathering here in Lyon, France,

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for the BioVision World Life Sciences Forum.

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Hanna is joined by nine other young leaders from such countries

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as Tajikistan, Laos, and Morocco.

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It's really important for children to be at the BioVision because in true reality,

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if we look at these problems concerning health, nutrition,

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and agriculture, they're affected by children.

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So I think it's much better for the children to present their problems individually rather

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than the audits to present them

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because they do not really know what the children face.

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The BioVision Forum opens March 11th, but Hanna

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and the other children have already been brainstorming for several days.

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As part of the UNICEF BioVision Children's Forum,

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they're putting together a children's call to action, which they will present

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to a plenary session on the last day of the main BioVision Forum.

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Every two years, BioVision brings together Nobel Prize-winning scientists and industry

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and society leaders to address vital life science issues facing our world today in the areas

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of health, agriculture, and the environment.

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The children attending have already achieved impressive results

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with related programs in their countries.

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Hanna is focusing on improving the juvenile justice system and the sanitation

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in juvenile detention centers in Malawi.

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Irene from Kenya is a leading advocate for the elimination of female genital cutting,

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even though she is just 16 years old.

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Hao has dedicated his energies to protect the environment in his native China,

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in particular, its water supplies.

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Abigail Gimo is the director of BioVision Next.

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Children have a very spontaneous, natural way

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of expressing exactly what is their daily life, what their reality is.

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Not only is BioVision giving these children a chance to share their experiences,

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it's giving them new strategies to improve living conditions

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for other children back in their home countries.

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This is Thomas Naivo reporting for UNICEF Television in Lyon, France, Unite for Children.