Gaurav Pradhan

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

The final test of every policy against #ChildMarriage is simple: did it protect the child before the marriage took place?

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

Silence around #ChildMarriage protects the practice, not the child. Reporting and intervention are acts of protection.

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

Ending #ChildMarriage requires certainty: certainty of intervention, certainty of protection and certainty of consequences.

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

The law should not arrive after the wedding. It should prevent th

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

#ChildMarriage is not inevitable. It continues where warning signs are ignored, laws are underused and accountability is weak.

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

We must move from awareness to enforcement, from acceptance to accountability, and from response to prevention. #EndChildMarriage

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

Every complaint of an impending #ChildMarriage must trigger action. Delay can turn a preventable crime into an irreversible violation.

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

The objective is not merely to reduce #ChildMarriage. The objective is zero tolerance and complete elimination.

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

By keeping a child in school and you strengthen one of the strongest defences against #childmarriage. @JustRightsIndia #EndChildMarriage #ChildMarriageFreeIndia

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

Every priest, pandit, imam, pastor and community leader can make one commitment: to not solemnise a #childmarriage. #TakeThePledge #EndChildMarriage

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

Faith leaders carry enormous influence. When they reject #childmarriage, harmful norms lose legitimacy. #ChildMarriageFreeWorld #EndChildMarriage

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

Teachers may see the warning signs first. Recognising #childmarriage in time can protect a child’s future. @JustRightsIndia #EndChildMarriage #BalVivahMuktBharat #teachersday

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

Police are often the difference between a warning received and a #childmarriage actually stopped. @JustRightsIndia #EndChildMarriage #ChildMarriageFreeIndia

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

A Panchayat that refuses #childmarriage can change the future of an entire village. @JustRightsIndia #BalVivahMuktBharat #EndChildMarriage

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

Zero tolerance becomes meaningful only when it is matched by zero inaction. Let’s #EndChildMarriage now. #ChildMarriageFreeWorld

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

Ending #childmarriage requires certainty that every complaint will be heard and every child at risk protected. @JustRightsIndia #EndChildMarriage #ChildMarriageFreeWorld

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

The law is clear. Our responsibility is to make sure it reaches every child who needs its protection. @JustRightsIndia #EndChildMarriage #BalVivahMuktBharat

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

A Child Marriage Free India is integral to an India where every girl can participate fully in its future. @narendramodi #ChildMarriageFreeIndia

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

A network becomes a movement when its members act with one purpose; ours is a childhood free from marriage. @JustRightsIndia @JustRightsIntl #ChildMarriageFreeWorld

[Gaurav Pradhan @GauravinPradhan]

JRC learned early that awareness alone is not enough; prevention needs protection, enforcement and accountability. @JustRightsIndia #EndChildMarriage