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CNBC: Nobel laureate says if we fail children in the pandemic recovery, we fail them forever
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi said there needs to be a “sense of urgency” in working toward the end of child labor globally, speaking on a panel for the OECD’s 60th anniversary. Speaking on a panel on Tuesday to mark the OECD’s 60th anniversary, Satyarthi...
THE STAR TRIBUNE: Pandemic threatens India’s children with child labor rising
LUCKNOW, India — A boy who cried out when he was beaten for complaining of stomach pains drew attention from a passerby, who alerted police in the central Indian city of Agra. Officers broke a padlock on the gate of the illegal shoe factory where the boy was working...
HINDUSTAN TIMES: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s NGO rescues 1600 trafficked children from exploitation during pandemic
Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan said that over 1,600 trafficked children were rescued from “situations of exploitation” in the past eight months Over 1,6oo trafficked children were rescued from “situations of exploitation” in the past...
CNN: 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...
THE WASHINGTON POST: 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...
