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Detailed explanation-1: -This year’s price was shared between Divina Maloum (14) from Cameroon and Greta Thunberg (16) from Sweden. Divina received the International Children’s Peace Prize for her peaceful fight against extremist violence and radicalization. Greta received the prize for her international student climate activism.

Detailed explanation-2: -Divina Stella Maloum is an activist from Cameroon. She is the founder of Children for Peace (C4P) in Cameroon. She set up the organisation when she was 11 or 12 years old. She was inspired by children who were exploited, child marriages and child soldiers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The KidsRights Expert Committee selected Rena Kawasaki as a winner out of 175 candidates from 46 countries. She received the prize during the 18th International Children’s Peace Prize Ceremony, which took place in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Monday 14 November.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rena Kawasaki, ICPP winner, featured in the EARCOS Triannual Journal. In honor of Rena’s win of the International Children Peace Prize 2022, Jennifer, the educator that nominated Rena for ICPP, wrote the lead article…