At an age when she should be dreaming of a bright future, Rubina was kidnapped and sold by a trafficker. The trafficker, Puja didi, drugged Rubina in Bihar and sold her to a man in Haryana for marriage for 2,200 dollars. She was raped every day until one day she found the opportunity to call her parents for help. Acting on the complaint, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA) founded by Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi swung into action and conducted an undercover operation along with the police to find the whereabouts of the girl. The location of the phone number used by the girl to call her parents was also traced, and a raid was conducted at the wee hours. With BBA's tireless efforts Rubina was rescued on 22nd May.
"Tonight is the beginning of a new sun. While the sun has set across the country, a new sun is rising in our hearts. These torches will end the age-old practise of child marriage and make India a new India. Our sisters and daughters will lead the campaign and we will not stop until we end child marriage", said Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi as he ignited a tor...
Speaking at the launch event of Child Marriage Free India, a pan-India campaign, Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee shared ways to end this evil practise
Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation will launch the Child Marriage Free India campaign on October 16 with the aim to bring down the percentage of child marriages down to 10 per cent by the end of 2025 from the current 23.3 per cent
As part of the Justice For Every Child campaign, a 5-hour special telethon was organised and experts, social workers and celebrities came together to discuss how together the community can help protect the future of India - children.
Taapsee Pannu has been sponsoring education of girl children and she lent her support to the #Justice4EveryChild telethon
Child sexual abuse and rape is a national crisis. In 2020 itself, nearly 132 children were abused every single day, according to the statistics. Keeping the grim statistics in mind and to provide support to child victims of sexual abuse and rape who are fighting their cases in court, Justice for Every Child campaign was kick-started by the Kailash Satyarthi Children's...