Eva Bothra

Eva

Nominated by Swati Bothra 

All 2025 Children’s Peace Prize Nominees

Eva, a 17-year-old from India, grew up in a family that valued integrity over privilege and experienced both financial hardship and personal trauma at a young age. Having personally witnessed and experienced the consequences of silence around children’s safety and mental health, Eva founded Reshaping Society, a podcast that brings difficult conversations about sexual violence, drug abuse, and digital addiction into the open. She also launched Adhikaar Ki Awaaz, an initiative that uses QR-powered posters and audio content in regional languages to deliver accessible legal literacy to child laborers and domestic workers, ensuring that children and their families know their rights.

Her work has grown into a multi-faceted movement for children’s rights, mental health, and equality. Eva co-founded youth networks like Students for Collaborative Change, raising $140,000 through a 12-hour livestream to fund therapy access for students, and piloted CortisolX, a bioscience project using AI to monitor student stress. Through community workshops, podcasts, and legal literacy campaigns, she has impacted over 35,000 people directly, reaching workers, students, and vulnerable children across India. Eva’s work is reshaping how children’s rights are understood, defended, and lived every day.