Kailash Satyarthi

Compassion new culture of world, youth will take it forward: Nobel laureate

Compassion is going to be the new culture of world and the youth is going to take it forward, Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi said on Monday. Addressing the fourth 'Laureates and Leaders for Children' Conclave here, the Nobel prize recipient said his Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation had launched this movement to create a compassionate world for the children and help build a world without injustice and atrocities. "Today I dream of a world without exploitation, without injustice, without atrocities. I dream of an inclusive world. A world where we learn how to work together," he said. "My biggest trust lies in young people. Compassion is going to be the new culture of world. My young friends will take it forward. Hence, let us enlighten this path," the Nobel laureate said. "We are one humanity. We have one shared future and hence we launched this movement," he added. Former director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) R A Mashelkar, child ri

India should lead globalisation of compassion, says Kailash Satyarthi

India is the mother of one billion solutions and should lead the globalisation of compassion, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi said at the inauguration of the Civil20 India 2023 inception conference here on Monday. C20 India 2023 is one of the official Engagement Groups of the G20 that provides a platform for Civil Society Organisations (CSO) around the world to voice people's aspirations to the world leaders of G20. The inauguration of the conference was attended by spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. More than 200 delegates from India and abroad will be attending the three-day conference. Speaking on the occasion, Satyarthi said India may be a land of 100 problems, but it is the mother of one billion solutions. The C20 is driven by the core values of spirituality and it does not mean any religion. It is the driving force soul of humanity, he said. Satyarthi expressed concerns that out of a

Assam govt must help child marriage victims: Kailash Satyarthi's foundation

Assam government's decision to eliminate child marriage by penalising the perpetrators was a welcome step but the state must provide financial assistance, legal support and rehabilitation to the victims, the Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation said on Wednesday. The government should immediately provide Rs 2,000 per month from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund as financial assistance to every girl whose husband has been arrested and until he gets bail, said the organisation founded by the social reformer who received the Nobel Peace prize in 2014. The state and district legal service authority should be directed to grant interim compensation within a week to all girls where the police have invoked sections under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) along with sections of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006, it added. Assistance should also be given to children born out of child marriages, the foundation's Managing Director Rahul Kumar .

Kailash Satyarthi starts nationwide campaign for child marriage free India

Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi endorsed the idea of the Central govt to extend the marriageable age of girls to 21 from 18 while launching the nationwide campaign for a 'Child Marriage Free India'

Besides being health issue, pandemic also a crisis of childhood: Satyarthi

In a Q&A, the Nobel Peace Laureate and founder, Bachpan Bachao Andolan buttresses his view by pointing out that 1.6 bn children in the world couldn't attend school for more than a year

Need bold leadership to end child labour, poverty, says Kailash Satyarthi

The Nobel laureate said that $52 bn can provide social protection for every child and every pregnant woman in low income countries

As authoritarian regimes rise, child labour problem is getting worse

This is the Year for the Elimination of Child Labor. What can democracies do to make this a reality?

Satyarthi demands urgent passage of Anti-Trafficking bill in Parl session

Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has demanded urgent passage of Anti-Trafficking Bill in the upcoming monsoon session of parliament without further delay

Parents lost to Covid-19, young lives fall vulnerable to exploitation

The pandemic has exacerbated the crisis for the most vulnerable sections, and children who have lost a parent or have been orphaned are among the worst hit

Kailash Satyarthi's NGO launches anti-child trafficking drive in Bihar

A campaign against child trafficking was launched in Bihar by Nobel peace prize winner Kailash Satyarthi's foundation, which claimed that the state was among the worst affected by the scourge

Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran joins platform LinkedIn as influencer

Other LinkedIn Influencers from India include Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Kailash Satyarthi, Vani Kola, and Anny Divya.

Abolition of slavery, child labour possible: Peace Noble winner Satyarthi

Most people don't know how deep-rooted the problem of child labour and slavery is, says Satyarthi

Willing to knock on any door for my children: Peace Nobel winner Satyarthi

The biggest problem in India is the marginalisation that comes with our caste system

UN convention needed against child sexual abuse, pornography: Satyarthi

Satyarthi said some countries had some laws dealing with online child pornography but they were not enough

Over 7,000 Indian kids trafficked a year: Satyarthi hopes PM Modi will act

Satyarthi says PM Narendra Modi's govt will bring in stringent legislation to curb the menace

Use technology to solve social problems, says Kailash Satyarthi

He says, India didn't have a law when he came to protecting children from abuse, trafficking

India should prioritise spending on children: Kailash Satyarthi

Govt should protect one generation of children and the subsequent generations will be protected

3 held for theft at Kailash Satyarthi's house; Nobel citation recovered

Two other houses in the same area as Satyarthi's had also been broken into, police said

Nobel Prize replica stolen from Satyarthi's house

Kailash Satyarthi is currently in the US

Child labour can disrupt 'Make in India', Satyarthi tells Modi

Make in India cannot be successful on the toil, miseries and abuses of young children in the manufacturing sector, the Nobel laureate wrote in a letter to PM