Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi calls on leaders to make bold financial commitments to education.
02/02/2018 11:38 AM IST
Let's declare war on child sexual abuse and trafficking.
24/08/2017 9:42 AM IST
We need $40 billion to educate every child—your nations collectively spend 50 times that amount on the military.
07/07/2017 9:36 AM IST
India is ratifying two ILO conventions against child labour.
12/06/2017 11:05 AM IST
On the 10th of December, a date celebrated as International Human Rights Day, as well as day of the annual Nobel Prize ceremony
26/12/2016 4:05 PM IST
Pledge to go beyond engagement and towards a partnership.
20/11/2016 8:38 AM IST
Since my own childhood, I had a dream which later became the mission of my life and the core value of Bachpan Bachao Andolan. It was a very simple thought — every child should be free to be a child, free to laugh and cry, free to play and learn and above all, free to dream. To accomplish this vision of a child-friendly world we need child-friendly politics, child-friendly businesses, child-friendly faith institutions and child-friendly justice delivery mechanisms and establishments.
26/08/2016 11:26 AM IST
The upper house of the Indian Parliament has just passed the much awaited Child Labour Amendment Bill. If the Lok Sabha also clears this bill, we will not see an end to child labour any time soon.
20/07/2016 3:53 PM IST
A young boy named Kalu, who had been rescued from a carpet-weaving unit in Bihar, once raised a compelling and very significant
31/05/2016 1:12 PM IST
For the first time ever, the international community will come together in Istanbul for the World Humanitarian Summit on 23-24 May, 2016, to discuss the serious humanitarian crisis that the world is facing. At the summit, the Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, along with our partners, will bring together leaders at a discussion on protecting children. Through a high-level panel, we will aim to build a strong political will to bring the issues of child labour, slavery and deprivation from education during crises, into the mainstream humanitarian response mechanism.
24/05/2016 8:07 AM IST
The prevalent law in Brazil includes strenuous work and unacceptable, exhausting or degrading working conditions as a form of modern-day slavery. However, in the past few years, there have been strong appeals to introduce Federal Senate Bill No. 432. If passed, it would have demolished the strength of the labour force and diluted the slavery law. I was extremely fortunate to have arrived in Brazil just when it was undergoing discussion. My address to the Human Rights Senate Caucus (HRSC) turned out to be tremendously rewarding.
05/03/2016 8:18 AM IST
Our daughters are unsafe even before they are born, and at least 43.5 lakh children are being exploited as cheap labour every day. Today, we rank a distressing 135th on the Human Development Index. It is appalling and inexcusable to see that the largest democracy in the world struggles to reach even a mediocre level of human development.
28/01/2016 12:35 PM IST
A sustainable society stands on four pillars -- people, planet, prosperity and peace. Education is the seal that binds these pillars individually and jointly. Sadly, today less than 4% of global aid goes for education. We need US$22 billion to send every child to school. This equals 4.5 days of annual military expenditure. Do we need soldiers more than teachers, armies more than educated citizens?
26/05/2015 8:29 AM IST
Without re-inventing the wheel every time, we can learn enough from the successes already achieved in promoting education. From my experience as an activist for over 35 years now I would like to share with you the 10 success mantras that have stood the test of time in countries giving a big boost to education.
22/04/2015 8:10 AM IST
The most shameful commentary of today's society in one sentence is that slavery still exists and our children are the worst sufferers. You and I are born free and so are our 5.5 million child slaves whose freedom has been robbed.
21/01/2015 8:17 AM IST
Education is the most powerful weapon to fight extremism and terrorism. The forces attacking schools and killing our children are clearly feeling threatened and cornered. They are trying to demolish humanity at an insane and inhuman low, but the power of innocence, knowledge and compassion can never be undermined.
25/12/2014 10:30 AM IST
Childhood protected and nurtured will yield superior global human capital, while wasted childhood will erode all prospects of a promising tomorrow. Our tomorrow will be as good or as bad as how and what we do about our children today!!!
09/12/2014 7:58 AM IST