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Kailash Satyarthi (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and advocated the universal right to education.. In 2014, he was the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."
Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA; Save Childhood Movement) is an India-based children's rights movement.It was started in 1980 by Nobel Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi.It campaigns against bonded labour, child labour and human trafficking, and promotes the right to education for all children.
Awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai – "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education." [ 4 ] Nobel laureates born in region that later become Pakistan
The Price of Free is a documentary about Nobel Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi.The film, formerly known as Kailash, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize and debuted on YouTube in November 2018. [1]
GoodWeave International (formerly known as Rugmark) [1] is a network of non-profit organizations dedicated to ending illegal child labour in the rug making industry. Founded in 1994 by children's rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi, [2] [3] [4] it provides a certification program that allows companies that pass inspection to attach a logo certifying that their ...
Satyarthi is from India, the seventh person from his country to win a Nobel Prize and the second to win the Peace Prize after Mother Teresa, while Yousafzai is a Muslim from Pakistan, the second Nobel Prize winner from her country after Abdus Salam, the forty-seventh woman to win the Nobel Prize, and at the age of 17 years, the youngest winner ...
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Satyarthi was born in Vidisha, a small town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, on 11 January 1954. He grew in a locality (mohalla) which had Hindus and Muslims living amicably with each other, with a Hindu temple on one side and a Masjid on the other.