by Niharika Chopra | Apr 13, 2020 | Outlook
As most parts of India seek a seamless supply of essential goods in the midst of the countrywide lockdown to fight COVID-19, the central question that assumes importance is – what are the conditions under which the labour force is meeting the demand of mass production...
by Biraj Swain | Apr 13, 2020 | The Wire
The countrywide lockdown to combat COVID-19, while necessary (in a low-income, low-health-infrastructure country like India), thanks to its sudden declaration with less than four hours’ notice, is catastrophic for the poor who live day to day, who do not have...
by Shweta Sengar | Apr 8, 2020 | Indian Times
As the world battles COVID-19, 15-year-old Siddharth (name changed), is doing his bit, by stitching rudimentary masks for the underprivileged, helping them prevent the spread of novel coronavirus. Siddharth is among a few other adolescent boys living and undergoing...
by Ambika Pandit | Apr 4, 2020 | Times of India
NEW DELHI: Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi has warned that while being home bound during the lock down may make everyone feel safe, children at home, shelters and on the internet are at risk of sexual and online abuse and trafficking. He calls for caution to...
by Kailash Satyarthi | Mar 27, 2020 | Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Coronavirus has forced us to live a life that most of us have never experienced before with almost one fourth of the world’s population on lockdown. A cloud of uncertainty has descended upon us all, leading to fear. The global economy has gone into a tailspin. No...
by KSCF US Team | Nov 25, 2019 | KSCF
Former Child Labourer, Business, Government, and Civil Society Leaders Share Case Studies and Best Practices to Eliminate Child Labour November 25, Geneva, Switzerland: The Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, in collaboration with the Estee Lauder Companies,...
by Lisa Cavazuti, Christine Romo, Cynthia McFadden and Rich Schapiro | Nov 19, 2019 | NBC News
TARANTA-BAS, Madagascar — A boy climbs out of a pit in the ground and shields his eyes from the sun. His hands and feet are covered in dust, his T-shirt and shorts covered in rips. The boy has spent the last several hours working inside the pit. Now above ground, he...
by Kailash Satyarthi | Nov 17, 2019 | YKA
My dear children, I am sorry. I am sorry we have deprived you of the happiness of celebrating you and your day. Your compassion, courage and commitment for other children, is the shining sun above the dense and dark clouds. Yet, I was happy and proud to learn that on...
by Gurvinder Singh | Oct 22, 2019 | Mongabay
Broken nails are possibly the least of all the horrors of mica scavenging in and around abandoned mines in the eastern Indian province of Jharkhand. Exploitative child labour, death by suffocation in mining shafts, severe health hazards such as tuberculosis for the...
by Aprajita | Oct 18, 2019 | YKA
Exactly five years ago on October 10, 2014 came an important announcement that the Nobel Peace Prize for that year had been awarded to Kailash Satyarthi. Even Google servers were choked as people across the world were frantically searching for him on the internet. A...
