“Four Factors for Accelerated Progress Towards EFA Goals” says Satyarthi
November 12, 2006
I would like to begin by congratulating and thanking Education For All (EFA) partners for their remarkable accomplishments since Dakar. Global Campaign for Education (GCE) would like to acknowledge with deep appreciation the achievements of the poor countries, specially the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, donor countries, inter-government agencies and UNESCO’s leadership.
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Children
are the present…their voice is the
future
September 1, 2005
Once
again, the children have proved that they
are the leaders of today. They have all
the courage and spirit to question those
in power, and they have enough wisdom
and vision to provide solution to many
of the problems which adult think are
complicated. More importantly, these children
have emerged as icons of hope, rising
from the most wretched conditions- former
child slaves, victims of trafficking;
physically, mentally and sexually exploited;
socially excluded and oppressed. These
children joined hands with a few committed
youth leaders in the Second Children’s
World Congress on Child Labour and Education
organised by Global March Against Child
Labour and hosted by Bachpan Bachao Andolan
from 4-8th September 2005 in New Delhi. Read Full>>
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Kailash Satyarthi addresses the High Level Group on Education at Beijing
Honourable Director General, Princess of Thailand, Heads of States, Ministers and leaders, and our kind hosts The People's Republic of China, I thank you for the opportunity to speak on this important subject. GCE has been a critical friend of FTI since its inception, and we come to this meeting with cautious optimism that this year will finally see it reach its full potential...
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Satyarthi addresses 6th World Nobel Peace Prize Summit in Rome
I am not an expert on Africa, but having worked and living with children for the last two and a half decade including
Africa
, I see a serious urgency. Let me begin with three very personal incidents of my life in
Africa
. I met a 15-year-old young Sudanese boy, who was kidnapped by the extremist army, and forced to kill some of his friends and relatives as his first training lesson in becoming a child soldier. The boy still has one hope that a day will come when no one will be forced to kill their dear ones. And, he asked me how it would be possible.
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Resource mobilisation and aid effectiveness: Taking Stock of FTI Experience
Honourable Director General, Princess of Thailand, Heads of States, Ministers and leaders, and our kind hosts The People's Republic of China, I thank you for the opportunity to speak on this important subject. GCE has been a critical friend of FTI since its inception, and we come to this meeting with cautious optimism that this year will finally see it reach its full potential. 30 November 2005. Read Full>>
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Satyarthi Addresses World Education Ministers at UNESCO General Assembly
October 8, 2005
Kailash Satyarthi, Chair, Global March Against Child Labour and President, Global Campaign for Education was the only civil society representative keynote speaker to address the UNESCO General Conference Ministerial Round Table on Education for All at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris..
More than 50 education ministers and high-ranking officials responsible for education meet during UNESCO's General Conference in Paris (7-8 October 2005) to explore practical ways to address Education for All (EFA) challenges by building on positive examples from different parts of the world. Read Full>>
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Raid & Rescue Operations
June 6, 2005
Real Hero
I salute Waib.
He is the real hero. His courage and
conviction is unprecedented. Born in
the remote village of Pipradi, in one
of the most backward states of India,
Bihar, with no road and electricity,
he is a victim of trafficking. He was
trafficked along with several other
children to Delhi by a labour recruiter
on the pretext that he would be given
a good education and good life. Later,
he would be trained in some trade to
send money back home. But, he was brought
to a 12x18 feet room crowded with several
other children engaged in needlework
and embroidery. Life for these children
was confined to this small room, their
living room, sleeping room and work
place. One day while crying for his
mother, Waib was beaten up mercilessly
by the employer. Not able to take any
further punishments, Waib ran away and
told the truth to the world. Waib is
only 8 years old. Based on his story
and information, we coordinated with
different agencies to conduct a secret raid and rescue operation, which lead
to the liberation of 29 children who
were working in that zari export unit
on 6th June 2005. Read Full>>
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Partnership with Global March
April 2005
We have been successful in building
a worldwide movement against child labour
and in favour of education. We are proud
of our major accomplishments in the
adoption of a new international law
to stop the worst forms of child labour,
as well as its ratification in 154 countries.
Child labour and education are now a
global agenda, but the story is far
from over. As you are reading these
worlds there are 250 million children
toiling as labourers with two-thirds
of them languishing in the extreme forms
of labour exploitation, slavery, trafficking,
and prostitution. Last year we rescued
a dozen young Nepalese girls, trafficked,
enslaved and abused in an Indian circus.
Bhavna (name changed) was one who had
lost all sense of childhood, freedom
and joy at 13 years of age. The bright
young girl blames her mother’s
illiteracy and ignorance, for putting
her thumb impression on paper, which
she could not read while Bhavna was
being trafficked some years back. Bhavna
wishes that this should not be repeated
in the lives of generations to come,
but she feels it is too late for her
to learn to read and write, as she is
no more a child. This is the saga of
millions of boys and girls across the
world not only in the southern countries
but also in the industrialised world.
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Education:
A Cross Cutting Issue
February 1, 2005
Tsunami
waves have brought the worst in the
lives of thousands of people. Over one
hundred and fifty thousand people dead
and thousands of others whose lives
have been affected by this disaster.
The silver lining in this grim situation
is however, that a huge tide of sympathy
and help came forth from all corners
of the world. Since more tangible cooperation
efforts are being designed in the form
of long term rehabilitation programmes
for Tsunami victims, it adds up to the
value of development cooperation in
a new dimension. It is also a sign that
despite a strong market driven materialistic
culture, the humane component is still
a strong element in our societies even
today. We can also hope for a better
tomorrow for children by empowering
them through education and learning.
There are several bottlenecks in achieving
Education For All goals which the international
community has pledged to, but one cannot
deny that while civil society is getting
vocal and stronger, governments are
being compelled to bring education into
the global political agenda and above
all the demand for Education as a basic
human right is emerging fast from the
masses which needs to be catered to. Read Full>>
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Development Destitution
Development is the buzzword today. There
is no dearth of information on modern
development paradigms, policies and
effects across the globe. The materialistic
age of development has been converted
into a market driven digital age, where
the humane component in terms of feelings
and external relationships is being
crystallised in digits, powered with
data and information. The fate of mankind
is being determined by information,
speed and a profit motive. Read Full>>
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Child
Rights Protection: A More Holistic Approach
In 2000 in Dakar, Senegal, the World
Education Forum reaffirmed Education
for All (EFA) as the key component
of its Framework for Action. EFA is
one of three critical, closely interrelated
processes affecting the future of our
world, and in particular our children.
The other two are poverty alleviation
and the elimination of child labour.
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Children
Set Another Milestone!
June 15, 2004
"...The
Global March is once again overwhelmed
with the monumental success of the Children's
World Congress, Florence. Though we
were all angry at the imposed absence
of many of our young child participants
from Africa and Asia, the strong vibrant
and passionate voice of the children
who participated as well as the committed
response from the adults lifted our
spirits and hopes..." Read Full>>
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Another denial of child
participation!
April 24, 2004
"...I
will be on my way to Florence, in a
few hours time. There are many loose
ends to tie at the last moment and amidst
all this mad rush, I cannot but stop
myself from sharing my deep anguish
with you. In less than a week's time,
we would be participating in Children's
World Congress on Child Labour. But
even then my heart and soul would still
be with those 200 children and dozens
of child activists and my distinguished
colleagues, who had been deprived of
their right to be with us in Florence.
Theirs is a blatant violation of human
rights and child rights in particular.
It is an assault on the emotions and
enthusiasm, hopes and dreams of those
children by none other than the democratically
elected government of Italy...." Read Full>>
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Road
to Freedom
March 24, 2004
"...none
of these freed ones had any idea that
before sunset their life would take
a completely different turn; the new
day would bring them freedom and open
new windows to their future. And none
would force them to perform hard work
and there would be no dangers for women
and girls from abusive men during night.
It was a complete and total change for
them!......" Read Full>>
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How
to make 'another world' possible?
January
18, 2004
"....It
was a great experience to watch the
powerful upsurge of the civil society
and the excitement, enthusiasm, determination
and hopes of several thousands of people
at the World Social Forum. The loud
chants of young and the old alike, the
huge banners displayed by the activists,
the jangling of anklets of the dancing
‘Adivasis’ (tribals) attired
in colourful dresses, Dalits (‘the
untouchables’ of India), peasants,
workers, migrants and the development
institutions, the anti-globalisation
forces, former child slaves, the disabled,
victims of child abuse and gender atrocities
and many more from all over the world
provided ample evidence of Mumbai brimming
with strong emotions..."
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If
not now, then when? And if not you,
then who?
Decemeber 18,
2003
"...I
feel do we really and honestly work
together to cooperate and collaborate
with each other to find the solutions
and to bring freedom in the lives of
children? Do we at all have a sense
of urgency to act? If we are able to
answer these fundamental questions,
perhaps we can wipe away the blot of
human slavery...." Read Full>>
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Bonded
Labour and Slavery
August 25, 2003
"....But I could read the scars
on the hearts and souls of these innocent
ones. The perpetual torture and abuse
have reduced them to non-entities with
no perception of freedom, sense of dignity
or even a feeling of self-identity...."Read Full>>
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Experiences
Leading to the Global March
August 07, 2003
"....A great deal of credit
goes to our donors who agreed to support
and help us in the March activities!
It was a major breakthrough, which gave
us considerable confidence as well as
opportunities for the widest possible
network. We started identifying the
remotest possible contacts who could
be potentially engaged in our endeavour.
Of course, to start with, the Hague
meeting had already given us a base....." Read Full>>
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Preparatory
Events Leading to the March
June
19, 2003
"....It could be news
for many that the germane idea of the
Global March was not born in a high-level
intellectual meeting of experts and
thinktanks. It neither came from donors’
group nor inter- governmental agency
but from a group of children who had
suffered as child slaves...." Read Full>>
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The Birth of
Global March Movement
June
02, 2003
"....How did the Global
March begin? How was this idea born?
Who were the people behind it? Although
the questions were not new and had been
asked occasionally by different people
on different occasions yet they surfaced
again recently during an external evaluation
of the Global March Movement conducted
by two consultants - Theo from Netherlands
and Amit, from India...."
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Global
March's Achievements
April 09, 2003
"....We
are marching! Five years after the physical
march we haven't stopped our march against
child slavery and exploitation. However,
the mode and the technique of the March
has changed, and the movement is getting
stronger and stronger...." Read Full>>
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Message
of Peace
March 04, 2003
"...Is
it not a shame that the world is not
prepared to spend an additional 10 billion
dollars to protect all its children
from exploitation and to ensure their
education which amounts to nothing but
four days of military expenditure?..." Read Full>>
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Condemning
Exploitation of Girls
January 06, 2003
".....In
the name of culture, this retrogressive
inhuman and anti-women practice is based
on the patriarchal attitude, which always
considers women as mere commodities
and not as human beings. Some men think
age is no bar and that they are entitled
to marry any number of women..." Read Full>>
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Lecture
on Corporate Social Responsibility
by Mr Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson,
Global March Against Child Labour in
a seminar organised by Italian organisations
in Naples, Italy on 24th October, 2002
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Education for All: Is the World
on Track?
A Statement by Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson, Global
March Against Child Labour and Global
Campaign on Education, issued at the
IMF-World Bank Annual Meeting, Washington
D.C., September 27, 2002
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World
Fit for Children
Speech by Mr. Kailash Satyarthi Chairperson
of the Global March Against Child Labour
At UN Special Session on Children, New
York 10 May, 2002
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Effect of Communal Violence
on Our Children
A Brief
Statement by Kailash Satyarthi,
Chairperson SACCS/ Global March/BBA
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Presentation by Kailash Satyarthi International Conference
on Children, torture and other forms
of violence Facing the facts, forging
the future Tampere, Finland 28 November,
2001
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Address by Kailash Satyarthi Chairperson of
the Global March Against Child Labour,
Partner in the Global Campaign for Education
at the inaugural meeting of the High-Level
Group on Education for All, Paris, October
30, 2001
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Speech by Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson, Global
March Against Child Labour and Steering
Committee Member, Global Campaign on
Education at the Education International
World Congress Jomtien, July 25-29,
2001
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Opening
Speech by Kailash Satyarthi
at the World Conference on Education,
New Delhi, India; February 13, 2001
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Press Address by Kailash Satyarthi at the launch of
Kerry Kennedy’s book 'Speak Truth
to Power', New Delhi, India; September
19, 2000
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Address by Kailash Satyarthi on the Day of the
Unions Expo 2000, Hannover; September
2, 2000
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Interview Note from Kerry Kennedy’s
Book ‘Speak Truth To Power’
released on October 2, 2000
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Speech by Kailash Satyarthi at Mani Tese International
Conference, Florence, Italy; March 18,
2000
