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King Attends Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit
AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah II attended the opening ceremony of the Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit 2018, on Monday at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre in the Dead Sea. President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela, Panamanian...
Q&A: 2014 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi talks international children’s rights
Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian children’s rights activist and the recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. He founded numerous organizations including Bachpan Bachao Andolan, the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, Global March Against Child Labour...
Davos 2018: Noble Laureate Kailash Satyarthi spoke on issues like human trafficking
From the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at Davos 2018, CNBC-TV18 spoke to Noble Laureate Kailash Satyarthi and touched upon issues like human trafficking, migration issues, slavery, children education etc. He said unfortunately India does not have...
Game-changing’ anti-slavery fund aims to save millions of lives
The Global Fund to End Modern Slavery, a U.S-based partnership that unites governments, businesses and charities, hopes to replicate the success of a similar initiative that boosted financing to tackle AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. “We need a global fund...
Kailash’: Film Review | Sundance 2018
Derek Doneen's Kailash begins less like the Sundance social issue documentary it is and more like a Jason Bourne thriller. Shot with jittery handheld cameras and some concealed body cams, the opening scene thrusts viewers into the middle of a raid on a...
Why this Nobel laureate is banking on kids’ compassion to end child labor
Kailash Satyarthi describes why it’s time for children to advocate for each other and end child labor. The world has globalized markets, economies and technologies, so why not global compassion, asks Nobel laureate and long-time children’s rights advocate...
