शान्ता चौधरी

शान्ता चौधरीको बुवा स्थानीय स्कुलका व्यवस्थापक सदस्य रहेकाले कक्षा ७ सम्म उनीले औपचारिक शिक्षा हासिल गर्न पाइन्। त्यसपछि उनी ब्याकवार्ड ससाइटी एडुकेशन (बेस) को संस्थापक सदस्य भइन्। गाउँ-घरका मान्छेले प्रेरित भएर छोरीलाई घरबाट भए पनि पढाउन थाले। पहिले सि.डि.ओ.का मार्फत कमैया मुक्तिको निवेदन दिन जाँदा प्रहरीले हातपात गरेपछि उनी सडकमा गइन्। घरबेटीले थापाएर उनलाई घरबाट समेत निकाले पनि उनि कमैया मुक्ति नभए सम्म लडिरखिन्।

Shanta Chaudhary received an opportunity for education unlike many of her contemporaries, as her father was an Executive Member of the local school and believed that girls should be able to receive schooling and education. However, in grade seven she left formal education to pursue informal education through Backward Society Education (BASE), of which she was also a Founding Member. Her community, inspired by her successes in education, started to build an environment for homeschooling. Afterwards, she participated in the Kamaiya Revolt institutionally. However, after the CDO refused their application to free Kamaiyas, she and her fellow activists took it to the streets and protested. Her landlord, seeing her protest in TV, evicted her. Eventually, the revolt led to the liberation of Kamaiya people from the bondage system.