Pune-based Ashok Dyalchand was conferred with the prestigious Honorary Award at the World’s Children’s Prize (WCP) Child Rights Hero ceremony held in Sweden on May 23.
- He has been campaigning against child marriages and for girls’ rights in India for more than four decades.
- Dr. Dyalchand is a crusader for the rights of adolescent women through his Aurangabad-based Institute of Health Management Pachod.
- He, along with Ghana’s James Kofi Annan and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai were among the eight nominees for the prestigious WCP Child Rights Hero of the Decade award given by the World’s Children’s Prize Foundation.
- While Dr. Dyalchand and Mr. Annan were conferred with honorary awards, Ms. Yousafzai was voted as the WCP Child Rights Hero of the Decade.
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