Sunita Danuwar

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Sunita Danuwar born?Circa 1990
2. Where was Sunita Danuwar born?Nepal
3. How big is Sunita Danuwar?Combating child marriage, preventing human trafficking, promoting girls' education, and empowering survivors
4. What is the affiliated organization?Shakti Samuha (Survivor's Association)
5. Who is Sunita Danuwar?Sunita Danuwar is a brave young woman from Nepal who works to stop child marriage and help girls who have been hurt by it.
6. Why did Sunita start fighting child marriage?She saw how child marriage hurts girls' education, health, and future, and she wanted to protect them.

Child Marriage: The formal union or informal custom of marrying or cohabiting with someone before the age of 18, often leading to severe health, educational, and social disadvantages.
Human Trafficking: The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.
Activism: The policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change, often involving public protest, advocacy, and awareness-raising.
Gender Inequality: The unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender, often resulting in systemic disadvantages for women and girls.