Kailash Satyarthi

Kailash Satyarthi: We need a comprehensive, strong, stringent and specific law against the crime of child trafficking

Says Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi in an exclusive interview with First Post, as he talks about the urgent need for mental health and legal support for child abuse victims, law against trafficking, need of a global fund for protection of kids and more…

Indian brothers Vihaan and Nav Agarwal win Children's Peace Prize for waste project

Previous winners of the prize include include Pakistani education advocate Malala Yousafzai and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg

No lowering of age limit to 16 from 18 for serious POCSO cases: What it means, challenges of preventing child sexual abuse

POCSO Act was amended in order to make it more effective in dealing with cases of child sex abuse in the country and notified on 6 August, 2019 and made effective from 16 August, 2019

Teachers’ Day 2020: From politicians to celebrities, good wishes pour in from all quarters on social media

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed gratitude to all teachers who have contributed towards 'shaping minds and building our nation'

Despite SC intervention, victim compensation in POCSO cases poor due to cumbersome process, failure to invoke law

The Supreme Court has noted that no scheme for compensation existed for victims of sexual abuse under POCSO and ordered that victims under POCSO should be compensated under Compensation Scheme for Women victims/Survivors of Sexual assault/other crimes of NALSA.

Mother Teresa Memorial Awards 2019: International and national social crusaders to be recognised at prestigous award ceremony

Every year, Harmony Foundation focuses on a theme, which for 2019 is Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Jhalki movie review: A sincere effort to highlight the horrors of child labour that sorely misses its mark

Jhalki is a call to action, fictionalising real events surrounding (or in this case, obliquely related to) Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi

Kailash Satyarthi says Nathuram Godse killed Gandhi's body, people like Pragya Thakur 'killing country's soul'

Kailash Satyarthi's comments came after Malegaon blast accused and BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Thakur lauded Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a "patriot"

Kailash Satyarthi warns of media 'war-mongering' by Indian journlalists, dangers of 'ultra-nationalism'

The Indian activist, who won the Nobel in 2014 with Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, has organised a joint statement signed by 71 other laureates calling for nuclear-armed India and Pakistan to defuse tensions after skirmishes at their border.

'Don't believe in ideological untouchability,' says Kailash Satyarthi; Nobel laureate defends attending RSS event

Kailash Satyarthi had attended the Vijayadashmi rally of the RSS, which was addressed by its chief Mohan Bhagwat, as the chief guest in Nagpur on 18 October.