Dolly Gadiya

Dolly is a student of Class 10 residing in a remote village called Pothing in the hilly state of Uttarakhand, India. She is an adolescent peer leader working with Charkha towards creating safe spaces of expression for girls in her village. She was one of the three Adolescent Girls who won the prestigious Sanjoy Ghose Media Awards 2022. As part of the awards, she chose to highlight gender-based violence against young girls and women in and around her village.