Mushfiq Ur Rahman

Mushfiq Ur Rahman’s key message to the world is that every child deserves a safe, healthy, and educated childhood, free from exploitation, discrimination, and child marriage. He believes that children are not only the future but also powerful

Mushfiq Ur Rahman (17), is from Bangladesh. Mushfiq wears many hats in his mission to protect children’s rights. As Assistant Divisional Director for the Khulna Division of the Anti-Child Marriage Organization (ACMO), he leads awareness campaigns and community discussions to build a child-marriage-free society, working with youth volunteers to promote girls’ education and protection.

He also serves as Volunteer Recruitment and Mobilization Coordinator at ScriptySphere and District Coordinator of Cyber Teens in Satkhira, helping build youth skills and promote cyber safety among young people.

Mushfiq regularly supports youth-led initiatives that encourage young people to speak up against harmful practices affecting children, motivating his peers to become advocates in their own right. As a child journalist with hello.bdnews24.com, he highlights grassroots issues affecting children, using media storytelling to reach a wider audience and bring attention to problems that often go unseen.

With his parents, mentors, and several youth organizations behind him, Mushfiq is proving that one young person can wear many roles in the fight for children’s rights.

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