UNICEF YOUTH ADVOCATE • BANGLADESH
Amplifying Young Voices.
Creating Change.
Gargee Tanushree Paul
Youth Advocate, Child Rights & Climate Activist working to create a more inclusive, educated and empowered future for children and young people across Bangladesh.
Every child deserves
the freedom to dream.
“Every child deserves to grow up in an environment where they can dream freely. To create such a place, we must all come together to empower them in areas of their own interest, protect their right to speak and build a safe platform where they can fearlessly raise their voices, so they can shape brighter futures for themselves and for those around them.”
Gargee Tanushree Paul
ABOUT GARGEE
Meet
Gargee
A young voice for children's rights, education and climate action.
Gargee Tanushree Paul is a UNICEF Youth Advocate, child rights activist and journalist working to empower children and young people through education, advocacy and community action. Her work focuses on child rights, girls’ empowerment, climate action and creating opportunities for vulnerable communities.
- UNICEF Youth Advocate
- Founder of Shahaj Pathshala for underprivileged indigenous children
- Climate activist and founder of Climate Action Club
- Founder of Be Positive, an organization hosting awareness campaigns and programs for children’s empowerment
- Woman and female reproductive health awareness advocate
my advocay
What I Stan For
I believe every child deserve equal opportunities, protection and the freedom to learn, grow and share their own future
Child Rights
Advocating for every child's right to safety, dignity, education and a voice in decisions that affect their lives.
Education for All
Working to expand access to meaningful education, especially for children from underprivileged and indigenous communities.
Girls' Empowerment
Challenging child marriage, social barriers and harmful norms while supporting girls to pursue education and build independent futures.
Climate Action
Raising awareness about climate change, environmental responsibility, sustainable waste management and community action.
Youth Empowerment
Promoting opportunities that allow young people to develop skills, contribute to their families and build self-reliant futures.
Inclusion & Equality
Amplifying the voices of vulnerable and marginalized children and helping create opportunities for communities too often left behind.
OUR IMPACT
From Plan to
Action
Every idea we nurture becomes action. Every action creates change. Here’s the impact we are creating together.
273+
students enrolled through Shahaj Pathshala in mainstream school locally.
249+
articles on children’s rights and social issues published in local media
190+
young people trained in youth advocacy program across Bangladesh region
650+
people engaged through Be Positive empowerment campaigns programs
160+
families supported through climate action and resilience key initiative
Small Actions, Big change, Brigter Future.
featured impact story
When Advocacy Becomes Action
Preventing Child Marriage.
Creating Independence.
Gargee helped prevent Monisha’s child marriage and supported her journey toward independence through sewing work and her family’s tea stall, demonstrating how advocacy can create practical pathways to dignity, self-reliance and a better future.
Child Protection
Girls’ Empowerment
Economic Freedom
Initiative
Opening Doors Through Education
Shahaj Pathshala
Education for indigenous children in remote communities.
Gargee is the co-founder of Shahaj Pathshala, an initiative focused on providing education to indigenous children in remote regions of Bangladesh and helping them transition into mainstream schooling.
216+
students supported into mainstream education
youth economic empowerment
Skills that Create Opportunity
Gargee advocates for flexible models that allow financially challenged young people to continue their education while developing skills and contributing to their families
Paper Bag Making
Turning waste newspaper into useful products.
Bookbinding
Building practical vocation skills
Pottery
Encouraging traditional & income-generating skills
Broom Making
Creating opportunities through local skills.
- Education & economic opportunity should work together - not compete with each other.
Climate & Environmental action
Protecting the future we share
Climate action begins with communities. Gargee works to make environmental responsibility accessible, practical and locally driven.
Tree Planting
Encouraging communities to take action for greener and healthier environments.
Anti Polythene Campaigns
Rising awareness about plastic pollution and responsible consumption.
Waste Managerment
Conducting workshop that encourage families and communities to adopt better waste practice.
Girls right & empowerment
Empowering Girls to Dream Bigger
Gargee works to challenge social norms that restrict girls’ choices and opportunities. Her advocacy focuses on keeping girls in education, preventing child marriage, improving awareness around menstrual health and creating environments where girls can confidently shape their own futures.
Keeping girls in education
Preventing child marriage
Menstrual health awareness
featured in the media
Featured
Articles
Stories, interviews and features that highlight my journey, advocacy and impact.
High-Profile Interviews
If we don't invest in childhood, we lose all opportunities to ensure economic growth
UNICEF Representative to Bangladesh Mr Sheldon Yett speaks to child journalist Gargee Tanushree Paul on the occasion of World Children’s Day
Women Empowerment
A journey of empowerment: My mission for children’s rights and girls’ dreams
It takes work to believe in change — but the change to empower girls can come through determination and community support
Institutional Advocacy
ছাত্র-শিক্ষক সম্পর্কে টানাপোড়েন কেন? (Why the Tension in Student-Teacher Relationships?)
An analysis of changing classroom dynamics, promoting empathetic mentorship over traditional authority models.
Child Rights
Dreams buried by waste: The boys who work at landfills
A report documenting the health risks and uncertain futures of boys forced into waste-picking work.
Girls right & empowerment
Youth Advocate
Gargee works to challenge social norms that restrict children’s choices and opportunities. Her advocacy focuses on keeping children in education, preventing child marriage, improving awareness around menstrual and reproductive health and creating environments where children can confidently shape their own futures without being held back by social taboo.
