by Ronak D. Desai | May 4, 2016 | Frobes
Kailash Satyarthi, recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, will travel to Silicon Valley for a two-day visit beginning May 6, where he will engage with the Indian Diaspora and leading local and Indian-American community leaders from the region. Asked about the...
by Gordon Brown | Apr 18, 2016 | Huffington Post, The Huffington Post
We have seen how thousands of Nepalese girls, forced onto the streets after the Nepal earthquake, have been trafficked into India and even sold into the United Kingdom. Gross abuses, including rape, have been reported in Iraq. We have heard, at first hand, how Syrian...
by Gordon Brown and Kailash Satyarthi | Apr 18, 2016 | The Huffington Post
The last year has seen such blatant violations of children’s rights that instead of being shocked the international community has sadly begun to accept these abuses as normal. We have seen how thousands of Nepalese girls, forced onto the streets after the Nepal...
by Kailash Satyarthi | Jan 22, 2016 | World Economic Forum
It is a blot on the face of humanity that we have yet to eradicate slavery – of children, no less. Not only does child slavery persist; the number of child slaves, 5.5 million, has remained constant in the last two decades. They are bought and sold like animals,...
by UN Foundation | Oct 26, 2015 | project-syndicate.org
A few weeks ago, I walked outside during a break between sessions at the Social Good Summit in New York City, and instantly recognized a face in the crowd. It was 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi, who received the joint prize with girls’ education...