Kailash Satyarthi



Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian children's rights advocate and an activist against child labour. He founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) in 1980. Satyarthi's work and activism influenced the International Labour Organization to adopt Convention No. 182, which is now a principal guideline for governments around the world. In 2014, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Malala Yousafzai.

TED Speaker Bio
"Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has been leading the global fight against child slavery for over three decades. As the founder of a grassroots nonprofit, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or Save Childhood Movement, he has rescued more than 80,000 Indian children to date from various forms of exploitation from child labor to child trafficking. Kailash's work has involved organizing almost weekly raid, rescue and recovery missions on workplaces that employ and enslave children. Since 2001, Satyarthi has risked his own life to rescue these children and has convinced families in more than 300 Indian villages to avoid sending their children to work, and instead putting them in school... Satyarthi has also managed to grab and retain the world's attention on the problem. He organized the Global March Against Child Labor in the 1990s to raise awareness and free millions of children shackled in various forms of modern slavery. His activism was also instrumental in the adoption of Convention No. 182 by the International Labour Organization, a statue that's become a guideline for many governments on child labor... In 2014, he and Malala Yousafzai were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 'their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.'" – Source: TED

Talks

 * Kailash Satyarthi: How to make peace? Get angry (March 2015)

TED Links

 * "I'm urging you to be angry": Kailash Satyarthi live at TED2015 by Thu-Huong Ha (March 20, 2015), TED Blog
 * Endgame: A recap of the emotional final session of TED2015 by Kate Torgovnick May, Thu-Huong Ha and Cynthia Betubiza (March 20, 2015), TED Blog

Press

 * Nobel Peace Prize Winners Share Connection In Advocating For Children (October 10, 2014), NPR
 * Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi Aims To Eliminate Child Labor (October 11, 2014), NPR
 * Nobel Peace Prize lessons: Opinionline (October 12, 2014), USA Today

Links

 * Official website
 * Twitter