Sometime in 2004, | saw a girl carrying a child on her back in a village in Dang, Nepal. She looked sad, happy and beautiful. I stopped and captured what I thought at the time to be a picture that said a thousand words.
Few years later, while participating in a campaign demanding the fundamental right to education for all children in Nepal, I noticed a few children playing who had joined the campaign on behalf of their school and took a few photographs of happy children. They were in due to the efforts of Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, a globally renowned rights defender.
A few weeks later, while going through the photographs, I realised that one face in the school going children’s pictures looked familiar. She was the same child whom I had photographed in 2004. One of |few lucky ones who receive another opportunity for a bright future as she could continue her education.
The photos taken then are the ones on the cover of this book. I still do not know her name Or what became of her. I would like to imagine that she grew up to live her dreams.
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Publication Year
2023 October
Number of Pages
136
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Bhuwan Ribhu is a child rights activist and one of the most prolific lawyers in India working for the protection of women and children. He has been closely involved in shaping policies on various aspects of child protection and women’s safety, including trafficking of persons, child labour,child sexual abuse, child marriages,modern slavery and online safety.
Ribhu works for the rule of justice. His efforts have led to the formation stringent laws and their enforcement in the field of child protection an women's safety.
Based on Ribhu’s litigations, The Supreme Court of India has given landmark judgements which have been instrumental in police probing the cases of missing children in India,implementation of Juvenile Justice Act, definition of trafficking laid down as per the UN's Palermo Protocol, and compulsory formulation of institutional mechanisms such as Child Welfare Committees and Juvenile Justice Boards, amongst others.
Ribhu is former National Secretary of Bachpan Bachao Andolan and former Board representative at Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation. He earned his degree in law from the University of Delhi. He lives in New Delhi with his wife, son and Rottweiler.