Fight For Right Punjab
From a personal journey of survival to a statewide movement for child protection.
Fight for Right was born from a deeply personal understanding of what child sexual abuse does to a survivor — and a conviction that awareness is more powerful than responding only after harm is done.
Advocate Simranjit Kaur Gill, the founder, understands this pain firsthand. As a child, she experienced abuse by someone known to her family. Too young to understand what had happened, she never reported it. The trauma remained buried but left lasting effects — anxiety, anger, and emotional struggles that surfaced years later during counselling in 2016.
Being a survivor herself, she knows how profoundly abuse affects a child’s overall development. In 2019, a case from Mansa involving a 3-year-old girl — abused for over a year before her mother discovered it — reinforced the urgent need to educate children and parents. That case became the catalyst for Bachpan Bachao Muhim.
2017: Organisation founded with free legal aid, counselling, Langar Seva, and medical support.
December 2018: Shift towards socio-legal awareness on POCSO, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, and Juvenile Justice Act.
2019: First seminars in villages and schools. Trial programmes in SAS Nagar, Faridkot, and Firozpur districts.
6 November 2019: Bachpan Bachao Muhim officially launched from Government Primary School, Sector 70, Mohali.
11 December 2019: SCERT Punjab issued official permission for statewide school awareness programmes.
2021: Formal registration under Societies Registration Act. Team and zones expanded.
2022–2026: 500+ schools covered, convictions secured, rescue operations, and sustained advocacy.
We began with small lectures on social media, then arranged our first seminar at St. Xavier’s School, Bathinda. After meeting officials from the Punjab School Education Department, we received permission to visit schools in Ferozepur, Faridkot, and Mohali — prioritising the border belt.
Our team visited schools almost daily, and many children shared their experiences of assault. The campaign gained momentum when Punjab School Education Department issued a statewide authorisation letter in December 2019.
During COVID-19, when schools closed, we continued awareness through seminars in parks and slum areas wherever possible.
Join us in making Punjab free from child exploitation.
