by AMMONNEWS | Mar 26, 2018 | Ammon
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 First Lady...
by Veronica Kim | Feb 10, 2018 | The Stanford Daily
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 and GoodWeave...
by CNBC TV18 | Jan 25, 2018 | Money Control
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 law against...
by Kieran Guilbert | Jan 25, 2018 | Reuters
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 to deal...
by Daniel Fienberg | Jan 19, 2018 | Hollywood Reporter
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 factory...
by Larisa Epatko | Jan 17, 2018 | pbs.org
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 Kailash...
by Kailash Satyarthi | Jan 17, 2018 | blogs.unicef.org
In the foothills of the Himalayas, many years ago, I met a small, skinny child labourer. He asked me: “Is the world so poor that it cannot give me a toy and a book, instead of forcing me to take a gun or a tool?” Another time, a child-mother from the streets of...
by Malaka Gharib | Jan 17, 2018 | npr.org
The man who fought to make child labor a crime against humanity came to Washington, D.C., last week with a message for America and its new president. Kailash Satyarthi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his efforts to end child labor, urged U.S. lawmakers to...
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 Noriko Akiyama | Jul 5, 2016 | The Asahi Shimbun
In rescuing an estimated 85,000 victims of trafficking, slavery and child labor, Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi has risked his life and been severely beaten. Satyarthi, who was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 with Malala Yousafzai...
