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    Who has been conferred the WCP Child Rights Hero of the

    Decade award given by the World’s Children’s Prize Foundation?
    A Anwar Hussain Shaik Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Malala Yousafzai Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Kofi Annan Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Ashok Dyalchand Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

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    Ashok Dyalchand, who has been campaigning against child marriages and for girls’ rights in India for more than four decades, was conferred with the prestigious Honorary Award at the World’s Children’s Prize (WCP) Child Rights Hero ceremony held in Sweden on May 23. Dr. Dyalchand, a crusader for the rights of adolescent women through his Aurangabad-based Institute of Health Management Pachod, was, along with Ghana’s James Kofi Annan and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai among the eight nominees for the prestigious WCP Child Rights Hero of the Decade award given by the World’s Children’s Prize Foundation. Ashok Dyalchand and Kofi Annan were conferred with honorary awards and Malala Yousafzai was voted as the WCP Child Rights Hero of the Decade.

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