About Us
About Us
Just Rights for Children (JRC) is a network of more than 250 civil society organizations working to end violence against children, specifically rape and sexual abuse.
Working in India, Nepal, Kenya and the United States of America, JRC aims to create an ecosystem-level response at scale through legal interventions and community engagement.
We strive to build a holistic approach towards justice that focuses on the prevention of crimes against children, protection and rehabilitation of victims and prosecution of the perpetrators by promoting innovative and sustainable solutions, and catalyzing long-lasting systemic behavioral change in favor of children. Our goal is to eliminate impunity against all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation by reaching the tipping point of legal action and deterrence.
JRC was born from the vision outlined in Bhuwan Ribhu's path-breaking book, Just Rights: Why Justice Should Be a Fundamental Right. In it, the Founder of JRC advocates for the Right to Justice as an enforceable Fundamental Right for all citizens, especially children, and introduces a transformative perspective on the relationship between the state and the individual.
Aims and Objective
Child marriage is a social issue and is a criminal offence under the Law, that hampers children's education, protection, health and mental, physical, social and economic development. That is why we are committed to ending child marriage. Child Marriage also prevents them from their holistic development. Our aim is to end Child Marriage in Nepal.
