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'''Enakshi Ganguly''' is an Indian children's rights activist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Enakshi Ganguly {{!}} Ashoka {{!}} Everyone a Changemaker|url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/fellow/enakshi-ganguly|access-date=2020-07-26|website=www.ashoka.org|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-18|title=Child Detention in Kashmir: Rights' Activist Enakshi Ganguly questions JJ Committee’s report|url=https://sabrangindia.in/article/child-detention-kashmir-rights-activist-enakshi-ganguly-questions-jj-committees-report|access-date=2020-07-26|website=SabrangIndia|language=en}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Ganguly was born in [[Shillong]] in the northeastern region of India. Her parents were refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Her father's job involved frequent moves and Ganguly grew up in many towns and cities. She attended school in [[New Delhi]] and studied English literature at the [[University of Delhi]].<ref name=":0" />

Her first position after graduating was at the [[Indian Social Institute]], where she worked with community development initiatives. In the early 1980s she became part of a group campaigning against the new Child Labor Bill that aimed to regulate work for children rather than abolish it.<ref name=":0" /> Also in the 1980s she received a [[Ford Foundation]] Advocacy Fellowship and spent six weeks at the Children's Defense Fund in the United States.<ref name=":0" />

In 1999, Ganguly co-founded HAQ: Centre for Child Rights, a child rights advocacy based organisation.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Enakshi Ganguly {{!}} Difficult Dialogues{{!}}Enakshi Ganguly|url=http://difficultdialogues.in/enakshi-ganguly/|access-date=2020-07-26|language=en-US}}</ref> Through HAQ, she has supported child victims of violence and worked with children who come into conflict with the law.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bill of Contention|url=https://www.indialegallive.com/constitutional-law-news/acts-and-bills-news/bill-of-contention-8171|last=Legal|first=India|date=2015-12-29|website=India Legal|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Minister is repealing her own law|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/423284/minister-repealing-her-own-law.html|date=2014-08-03|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref>
=== Recognition ===
Ganguly received the [[Ashoka Fellowship]] in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Enakshi Ganguly {{!}} Ashoka {{!}} Everyone a Changemaker|url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/fellow/enakshi-ganguly|website=www.ashoka.org|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-04}}</ref> In 2019 she was awarded the REX Karmaveer Global Fellowship and the [[Karmaveer Chakra Award]].<ref name=":1" />

== Publications ==

* Thukral, E. G. (2016). ''Every right for every child: Governance and accountability''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thukral|first=Enakshi Ganguly|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/every-right-for-every-child-governance-and-accountability/oclc/936411274&referer=brief_results|title=Every right for every child: governance and accountability|date=2016|isbn=978-1-138-66000-7|language=English|oclc=936411274}}</ref>
* Thukral, E. G., Ali, B., Chitra, G., HAQ: Centre for Child Rights., Campaign Against Child Trafficking (New Delhi, India), & iPartner (India). (2016). ''Child trafficking in India''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thukral|first=Enakshi Ganguly|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/child-trafficking-in-india/oclc/957340003&referer=brief_results|title=Child trafficking in India|last2=Ali|first2=Bharti|last3=Chitra Gopalakrishnan|last4=HAQ: Centre for Child Rights|last5=Campaign Against Child Trafficking (New Delhi|first5=India)|last6=iPartner (India)|date=2016|isbn=978-93-83807-07-9|language=English|oclc=957340003}}</ref>
* Thukral, E. G., Thukral, P., & HAQ: Centre for Child Rights. (2011). ''India child rights index''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thukral|first=Enakshi Ganguly|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/india-child-rights-index/oclc/824132339&referer=brief_results|title=India child rights index|last2=Thukral|first2=Parul|last3=HAQ: Centre for Child Rights|date=2011|isbn=978-81-906548-6-9|language=English|oclc=824132339}}</ref>
* Thukral, E. G., Ali, B., & HAQ: Centre for Child Rights. (2005). ''Status of children in India Inc''. New Delhi: HAQ.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thukral|first=Enakshi Ganguly|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/status-of-children-in-india-inc/oclc/70631568&referer=brief_results|title=Status of children in India Inc.|last2=Ali|first2=Bharti|last3=HAQ: Centre for Child Rights|date=2005|publisher=HAQ : Centre for Child Rights|isbn=978-81-901638-3-5|location=New Delhi|language=English|oclc=70631568}}</ref>
* Thukral, E. G. (1992). ''Big dams, displaced people: Rivers of sorrow, rivers of change''. New Delhi: Sage Publications.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thukral|first=Enakshi Ganguly|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/big-dams-displaced-people-rivers-of-sorrow-rivers-of-change/oclc/805693055&referer=brief_results|title=Big dams, displaced people: rivers of sorrow, rivers of change|date=1992|publisher=Sage Publications|isbn=978-81-7036-291-3|location=New Delhi|language=English|oclc=805693055}}</ref>

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