Kailash Satyarthi
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Satyarthi in 2015
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| Native name | कैलाश सत्यार्थी |
| Born |
Kailash Sharma 11 January 1954 Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | Electrical engineering |
| Alma mater | Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha |
| Known for | Activism for children's rights and children's education |
| Awards | The Aachener International Peace Prize, Germany (1994) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (1995) Alfonso Comin International Award (2008) Medal of the Italian Senate (2007) Defenders of Democracy Award (2009) Nobel Peace Prize (2014) Harvard Humanitarian Award (2015) |
| Website | KailashSatyarthi |
Kailash Satyarthi (born 'Kailash Sharma'; 11 January 1954) is an Indian children's rights and education advocate and an activist against child labour. He founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (lit. Save the Childhood Movement) in 1980 and has acted to protect the rights of more than 83,000 children from 144 countries. It is largely because of Satyarthi's work and activism that the International Labour Organization adopted Convention No. 182 on the worst forms of child labour, which is now a principal guideline for governments around the world.
His work is recognized through various national and international honours and awards including the Nobel Peace Prize of 2014, which he shared with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan.
Originally named Kailash Sharma, Satyarthi was born on 11 January 1954 in the Vidisha district of central Indian state Madhya Pradesh.
He attended Government Boys Higher Secondary School in town, and completed his degree in electrical engineering at Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha and a post-graduate degree in high-voltage engineering. He then joined a college in Bhopal as a lecturer for a few years.
In 1980, he gave up his career as an engineer and became secretary general for the Bonded Labor Liberation Front; he also founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) that year. He has also been involved with the Global March Against Child Labor and its international advocacy body, the International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE), which are worldwide coalitions of NGOs, teachers and trades unionists. He has also served as the President of the Global Campaign for Education, from its inception in 1999 to 2011, having been one of its four founders alongside ActionAid, Oxfam and Education International.
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