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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Anoyara Khatun was born in a [[Below Poverty Line\|below-poverty-line]] family in Choto Asgara village, [[Sandeshkhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Sandeshkhali]], rural [[North 24 Parganas district]], West Bengal in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Anoyara Khatun: The Child Crusader Against Exploitation of Children\|url=https://www.savethechildren.in/news/anoyara-khatun-the-child-crusader\|last=\|first=\|date=7 July 2014\|website=Save the Children India\|language=en-US~~\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=~~\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|title=~~‘Nari~~ Shakti ~~Puraskar’~~ winner from Bengal waiting for over a year to get a house under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/nari-shakti-puraskar-winner-from-bengal-waiting-for-over-a-year-to-get-a-house-under-pradhan-mantri-awas-yojana/story-OpDnvi7ahzbo2E3bRxfhnO.html\|last=Bhattacharya\|first=Ravik\|date=2017-03-10\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|title=A child rights crusader\|url=https://rotarynewsonline.org/child-rights-crusader/\|last=Singh\|first=G.\|date=2017-06-01\|website=ROTARY NEWS\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> She lost her father at an early age, and when she was twelve she was taken to New Delhi where she worked as a [[domestic help]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> After a few months as a domestic worker, she escaped and returned to her village and found the condition of children in it terrible.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=India honors former child maid who saved hundreds of others\|url=https://news.trust.org/item/20170308180158-ee770/\|last=Bhalla\|first=Nita\|date=8 March 2017\|website=Thomson Reuters Foundation\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> Children were being forced into labour, and some were trafficked to the cities and over the border into Bangladesh,<ref name=":2" /> while others were forced into child marriage. With the intention of changing the situation around her, she came in contact with 'Dhagagia Social Welfare Society'<ref name=":2" /> and [[Save the Children India\|Save the Children]], where she learnt the concept of [[child rights]]. To reach out to a larger number of people, she initiated the process of forming groups which would be self-reliant in child rights. Within a short period of time Anoyara helped to reunite 180 trafficked children with their families, stopped nearly three dozen child marriages, rescued 85 children from child labour and got 400 children back into school.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|title=Indian government confers Child Champion Anoyara Khatun with ~~‘Nari~~- Shakti ~~Puraskar’~~\|url=https://www.savethechildren.in/news/indian-government-confers-child-champion-anoyara-k\|last=\|first=\|date=16 March 2017\|website=Save the Children India\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>		Anoyara Khatun was born in a [[Below Poverty Line\|below-poverty-line]] family in Choto Asgara village, [[Sandeshkhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Sandeshkhali]], rural [[North 24 Parganas district]], West Bengal in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|title=Anoyara Khatun: The Child Crusader Against Exploitation of Children\|url=https://www.savethechildren.in/news/anoyara-khatun-the-child-crusader\|last=\|first=\|date=7 July 2014\|website=Save the Children India\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|title='Nari Shakti Puraskar' winner from Bengal waiting for over a year to get a house under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/nari-shakti-puraskar-winner-from-bengal-waiting-for-over-a-year-to-get-a-house-under-pradhan-mantri-awas-yojana/story-OpDnvi7ahzbo2E3bRxfhnO.html\|last=Bhattacharya\|first=Ravik\|date=2017-03-10\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310161930/http://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/nari-shakti-puraskar-winner-from-bengal-waiting-for-over-a-year-to-get-a-house-under-pradhan-mantri-awas-yojana/story-OpDnvi7ahzbo2E3bRxfhnO.html \|archive-date=10 March 2017 \|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|title=A child rights crusader\|url=https://rotarynewsonline.org/child-rights-crusader/\|last=Singh\|first=G.\|date=2017-06-01\|website=ROTARY NEWS\|language=en-US\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> She lost her father at an early age, and when she was twelve she was taken to New Delhi where she worked as a [[domestic help]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> After a few months as a domestic worker, she escaped and returned to her village and found the condition of children in it terrible.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=India honors former child maid who saved hundreds of others\|url=https://news.trust.org/item/20170308180158-ee770/\|last=Bhalla\|first=Nita\|date=8 March 2017\|website=Thomson Reuters Foundation\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308214221/http://news.trust.org/item/20170308180158-ee770/ \|archive-date=8 March 2017 \|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> Children were being forced into labour, and some were trafficked to the cities and over the border into Bangladesh,<ref name=":2" /> while others were forced into child marriage. With the intention of changing the situation around her, she came in contact with 'Dhagagia Social Welfare Society'<ref name=":2" /> and [[Save the Children India\|Save the Children]], where she learnt the concept of [[child rights]]. To reach out to a larger number of people, she initiated the process of forming groups which would be self-reliant in child rights. Within a short period of time Anoyara helped to reunite 180 trafficked children with their families, stopped nearly three dozen child marriages, rescued 85 children from child labour and got 400 children back into school.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|title=Indian government confers Child Champion Anoyara Khatun with 'Nari- Shakti Puraskar'\|url=https://www.savethechildren.in/news/indian-government-confers-child-champion-anoyara-k\|last=\|first=\|date=16 March 2017\|website=Save the Children India\|language=en-US\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921102630/https://www.savethechildren.in/news/indian-government-confers-child-champion-anoyara-k \|archive-date=21 September 2020 \|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
	[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016, in New Delhi.jpg\|left\|thumb\|The Prime Minister interacting with the recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016. Anoyara Khatun can be seen far right. Also visible is [[Maneka Gandhi]].]]		[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016, in New Delhi.jpg\|left\|thumb\|The Prime Minister interacting with the recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016. Anoyara Khatun can be seen far right. Also visible is [[Maneka Gandhi]].]]
	In 2011, [[Mamata Banerjee]] felicitated her. In 2012, Anoyara emerged as one of the three nominees for [[International Children's ~~Peace Prize\|International Children’s~~ Peace Prize]].<ref name=":0" /> On 8 March 2017, [[International Women's ~~Day\|International Women’s~~ Day]], Anoyara Khatun was conferred India's highest civilian award for women, the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar\|Narishakti Puruskar]], for the year 2016, for her contributions to fighting [[Child trafficking in India\|child trafficking]] and [[Child marriage in India\|child marriage]] in the state of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Girl champ & her fans\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com~~/states~~/west-bengal/girl-champ-amp-her-fans/cid/1398770\|last=Chatterjee\|first=Chandreyee\|date=11 March 2017\|website=Telegraph India\|language=en~~\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=~~\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> Anoyara Khatun has been invited to participate in the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in 2015 and 2016 as an advocate of children's rights.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Young Indian displays girl power, fighting against trafficking\|url=https://news.un.org/en/audio/2016/10/617932\|date=2016-10-11\|website=UN News\|language=en\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>		In 2011, [[Mamata Banerjee]] felicitated her. In 2012, Anoyara emerged as one of the three nominees for [[International Children's Peace Prize]].<ref name=":0" /> On 8 March 2017, [[International Women's Day]], Anoyara Khatun was conferred India's highest civilian award for women, the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar\|Narishakti Puruskar]], for the year 2016, for her contributions to fighting [[Child trafficking in India\|child trafficking]] and [[Child marriage in India\|child marriage]] in the state of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Girl champ & her fans\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/girl-champ-amp-her-fans/cid/1398770\|last=Chatterjee\|first=Chandreyee\|date=11 March 2017\|website=Telegraph India\|language=en\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> Anoyara Khatun has been invited to participate in the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in 2015 and 2016 as an advocate of children's rights.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Young Indian displays girl power, fighting against trafficking\|url=https://news.un.org/en/audio/2016/10/617932\|date=2016-10-11\|website=UN News\|language=en\|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>

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{{short description|Indian children's rights activist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anoyara Khatun
| image = File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with the recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg
| caption = Anoyara Khatun during the Narishakti Puruskar award ceremony
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Student
| employer =
| birth_date = c. {{birth year and age|1996}}
| known_for= Saving children from child trafficking, child labour and child marriage
}}
'''Anoyara Khatun''' (born {{circa}} 1996) is an Indian [[children's rights]] advocate. In 2017, at the age of 21 years, she was conferred India's highest civilian award for women, the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar|Narishakti Puruskar]], for her contributions to fighting [[Child trafficking in India|child trafficking]] and [[Child marriage in India|child marriage]] in the state of [[West Bengal]].

== Life ==
Anoyara Khatun was born in a [[Below Poverty Line|below-poverty-line]] family in Choto Asgara village, [[Sandeshkhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sandeshkhali]], rural [[North 24 Parganas district]], West Bengal in 1996.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Anoyara Khatun: The Child Crusader Against Exploitation of Children|url=https://www.savethechildren.in/news/anoyara-khatun-the-child-crusader|last=|first=|date=7 July 2014|website=Save the Children India|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ winner from Bengal waiting for over a year to get a house under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/nari-shakti-puraskar-winner-from-bengal-waiting-for-over-a-year-to-get-a-house-under-pradhan-mantri-awas-yojana/story-OpDnvi7ahzbo2E3bRxfhnO.html|last=Bhattacharya|first=Ravik|date=2017-03-10|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=A child rights crusader|url=https://rotarynewsonline.org/child-rights-crusader/|last=Singh|first=G.|date=2017-06-01|website=ROTARY NEWS|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> She lost her father at an early age, and when she was twelve she was taken to New Delhi where she worked as a [[domestic help]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> After a few months as a domestic worker, she escaped and returned to her village and found the condition of children in it terrible.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=India honors former child maid who saved hundreds of others|url=https://news.trust.org/item/20170308180158-ee770/|last=Bhalla|first=Nita|date=8 March 2017|website=Thomson Reuters Foundation|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> Children were being forced into labour, and some were trafficked to the cities and over the border into Bangladesh,<ref name=":2" /> while others were forced into child marriage. With the intention of changing the situation around her, she came in contact with 'Dhagagia Social Welfare Society'<ref name=":2" /> and [[Save the Children India|Save the Children]], where she learnt the concept of [[child rights]]. To reach out to a larger number of people, she initiated the process of forming groups which would be self-reliant in child rights. Within a short period of time Anoyara helped to reunite 180 trafficked children with their families, stopped nearly three dozen child marriages, rescued 85 children from child labour and got 400 children back into school.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Indian government confers Child Champion Anoyara Khatun with ‘Nari- Shakti Puraskar’|url=https://www.savethechildren.in/news/indian-government-confers-child-champion-anoyara-k|last=|first=|date=16 March 2017|website=Save the Children India|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>
[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016, in New Delhi.jpg|left|thumb|The Prime Minister interacting with the recipients of Nari Shakti Puraskar 2016. Anoyara Khatun can be seen far right. Also visible is [[Maneka Gandhi]].]]
In 2011, [[Mamata Banerjee]] felicitated her. In 2012, Anoyara emerged as one of the three nominees for [[International Children's Peace Prize|International Children’s Peace Prize]].<ref name=":0" /> On 8 March 2017, [[International Women's Day|International Women’s Day]], Anoyara Khatun was conferred India's highest civilian award for women, the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar|Narishakti Puruskar]], for the year 2016, for her contributions to fighting [[Child trafficking in India|child trafficking]] and [[Child marriage in India|child marriage]] in the state of [[West Bengal]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Girl champ & her fans|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/girl-champ-amp-her-fans/cid/1398770|last=Chatterjee|first=Chandreyee|date=11 March 2017|website=Telegraph India|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref> Anoyara Khatun has been invited to participate in the [[United Nations General Assembly]] in 2015 and 2016 as an advocate of children's rights.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Young Indian displays girl power, fighting against trafficking|url=https://news.un.org/en/audio/2016/10/617932|date=2016-10-11|website=UN News|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}</ref>

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