The pandemic has created a second crisis in India — the rise of child trafficking
By Jessie Yeung and Priyali Sur One evening in August, a 14-year-old boy snuck out of his home and boarded a private bus to travel from his village in Bihar to Jaipur, a chaotic, crowded and historical city 800 miles away in India's Rajasthan state. He and his friends...
Nobel laureate: Tens of millions of children worldwide at risk of exploitation, forced labor during pandemic
By Valerie Strauss We read a great deal about the damage that children in the United States are suffering because of the coronavirus pandemic, but less so about the consequences for tens of millions of young people around the world who face dire futures without...
CBS News: Coronavirus pandemic fuels child labor in India as desperate families send kids off to work
New Delhi — When India's government imposed a strict lockdown in March to try to curb coronavirus infections, Sagheer Shah, a tailor in the small town of Faizabad, had to close his shop. For three months he didn't earn a penny, burning through his savings to put food...
Coronavirus pandemic may drive more child exploitation
For four decades, India's 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi has rescued thousands of minors from the scourge of slavery and trafficking, but now he fears he is facing a steeper uphill battle as he worries the coronavirus pandemic may trigger a spike in...
Press Release: Nobel Laureates and World Leaders Call for US$1 Trillion to Protect the World’s Most Vulnerable Children
Nobel Laureates and World Leaders Call for US$1 Trillion to Protect the World’s Most Vulnerable Children Laureates and Leaders Fair Share for Children Summit Concludes with an urgent Call to Action to Protect Millions of Children from the Worst Impacts of COVID-19...
Hold Corporates Accountable for Using Child Labour, Nobel Laureates Urge World Leaders
The COVID-19 pandemic should give governments across the world an opportunity to hold corporates accountable against child labour. Kailash Satyarthi, the 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate, made this submission at the virtual 3rd Fair Share for Children Summit.
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