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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."
Kailash Satyarthi has been a member of a UNESCO body established with the goal of providing "Education for All" and has been on the board of the Fast Track Initiative (now known as the Global Partnership for Education). [11]
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]
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.
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 ...
"[with UNESCO] for their work for peace by education and the promotion of human culture in the world." Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001) 25 Harry Willis Miller (1879–1977) United States "for his work to build the foundations for world peace." Huston Smith (1919–2016) 26 Jayaprakash Narayan (1902–1979) India: No motivation included.
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Director's Shortlist is a list of candidates considered worthy to win the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts and actions for the promotion of peace.