by Kailash Satyarthi | Jul 20, 2016 | The Huffington Post
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. It’s always good to walk a few more miles but we should not...
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 | Apr 22, 2015 | The Huffington Post
Can we really call ourselves civilised when 168 million children are child labourers out of which 85 million are engaged in seriously hazardous work? A few days ago I attended the international launch of the Global Monitoring Report on Education for All goals. This is...
by Kailash Satyarthi | Feb 24, 2015 | The Huffington Post
IT’S HOW I HAVE ALWAYS FELT WHEN A CHILD IS A VICTIM. WHY COULDN’T IT BE ME INSTEAD? WHY COULDN’T I BEAR THE SUFFERING SO THAT INNOCENT CHILDREN WOULD NOT BE HURT? I know that I am not alone in feeling this way and I know that these thoughts are...
