VIDEO: Kids Talk Gender

Nine-year-olds: They're smack in the middle of childhood but old enough to have sage views on gender. Here, kids from all over the world share what they like about being boys and girls—and what they wish could be different.
This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. We have republished this article on International Day of the Girl, created by the United Nations to address issues that girls face worldwide, while promoting their empowerment and human rights.
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