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Kailash Satyarthi
Human rights activist Kailash Satyarthi spoke to ATL's annual Conference 2010 on Tuesday 30 March.
His speech - which touched on a number of issues including child labour and the Global Campaign for Education - was delivered without notes. Read on to find out more about Kailash.
About Kailash
Kailash is a human rights activist from India who has been at the forefront of the global movement to end child slavery and exploitative child labor since 1981. As a grassroots activist, he has led the rescue of over 67,000 child slaves and developed a successful model for their education and rehabilitation.
As a worldwide campaigner, he has been the architect of the single largest civil society network for the most exploited children, the Global March Against Child Labor, active in over 140 countries.
As an analytical thinker, he made the issue of child labor as a human rights issue, not a welfare matter or charitable cause. With forceful arguments he has established that child labor is, in fact, responsible for the perpetuation of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population explosion and many other social evils.
He has also played an important role in linking the fight against child labor with the efforts for achieving 'Education for All'.
Find out more about Kailash on his website.
