Kailash Satyarthi Quotes

Elimination of child labour and access to education are like two sides of one coin. One cannot be achieved without the other.

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.

More than 30 years ago, when I had embarked upon the fight against child labour, it was not even considered an issue worth any discussion. It was accepted as a way of life in India, much like it was in other countries. Today, no country or business or society can throw this issue away.

It's estimated that there may be two hundred and fifty million children in the world engaged in some form of exploitative child labour.

We learned that kicking down doors to free children from carpet factories isn't enough to stop child labour - we had to tackle the underlying poverty in which their families lived, through education.

India does not encourage - India has forbidden - child labour. We are a rule-based and rule-governed country.

I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them.

No child should be born to work at the cost of his childhood and freedom..

We still have a soft approach on the perpetrators of crimes like worst forms of child labour.

The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.

For example, UNICEF works with governments to change legislation such as in India where a law was passed raising the age of compulsory school completion to keep children in school and away from the workplace for longer.

What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?

New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.

Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.

The fight against child slavery is the fight against traditional mindset, policy deficit, and lack of accountability and urgency for children across the globe.

The exploitation of children is both easy and profitable.

No one shall strike or caress a child.

215 million are in child labor as a matter of survival. A world without child labor is possible with the right priorities and policies: quality education, opportunities for young people, decent work for parents, a basic social protection floor for all

World Children's Day is meant to be a fun celebration but it's also a day to talk about serious issues that children have to face in school.

Children shouldn't have to suffer for any reason.

I believe that children should not be made to work.

We must do everything we can to ensure the safety of our children.

As adults, we have a legal and moral obligation to stand up and speak out for children who are being abused - they cannot speak for themselves.

I will do everything possible to stop crimes against children.

Child labour is a global problem that needs a response from all sides. This means measures to help reduce poverty, improve education, enforce laws, improve employment prospects for adults, and ensure there are no benefits in employing children under working age.