Gauri Pradhan (activist)

Gauri Pradhan (Nepali: गौरी प्रधान) is a prominent social activist and human rights defender in Nepal as well as in South Asia. He is the founding President of a number of national institutes including a pioneer child rights organization Child Workers in Nepal (CWIN-Nepal) established in 1987. For his work on child rights and human rights in Nepal he has been conferred with a number of national and international honors including the UNICEF Global Leadership on the Rights of the Child in 2000[1] along with Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa. Gauri Pradhan currently holds an office as a Commissioner and Spokesperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),[2] a constitutional organ of Nepal.

Gauri Pradhan
गौरी प्रधान
Born (1962-08-05) 5 August 1962
Sindhulpalchok District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal

References
  1. "The State of the World's Children 2000". Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-03-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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