Payal Jangid receives ‘Changemaker’ award
| Date :26-Sep-2019 |
NEW YORK :
A teenage girl has received the ‘Changemaker’ award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for her fight against child marriage in her village in Rajasthan
A TEENAGE Indian girl has received the ‘Changemaker’ award here by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for her fight against child marriage in her village in Rajasthan. Payal Jangid received the award on Tuesday night here during the Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards hosted by the Foundation. “The award recognises her campaign to end child labour and child marriage,” The Foundation said in a tweet. In a video posted on the international NGO’s Twitter account, Jangid gave details of the challenges faced by girls in Hinsla village, about 100 kms from Jaipur.
“We have a lot of problems in our village, especially girls are not allowed to go out and study and they are married off early,” she said. Jangid’s fight against the menace started when her family wanted to get her married at a young age. “I was forced to get married,” Jangid said, adding that she approached a social activist in the area who convinced her father against it.