Satyarthi to soon launch global campaign against child labour

To make the world free from child labour and other exploitation, Nobel Peace Prize winner and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi on Monday said he will soon be launching his “most ambitious and longest-ever” campaign against child labour.I am planning to launch my most ambitious campaign against child labour soon. 100 million people from across the globe will be joining.

“I would like all of you young people to join me in this campaign and become voice for the voiceless,” he said while addressing students at Jawaharlal Nehru University here.Satyarthi was speaking at the first KR Naraynan Memorial lecture organised by the varsity on ‘Child labour: A Human Rights violation and an impediment in economic growth’.

“There are 168 million child labourers across the world involved in making various products like the clothes you are wearing, shoes, bags, chocolates and so many other things. Unknowingly or knowingly you are using these products,” the Nobel laureate said.He further said that it is useless to talk about globalisation of markets, communication and economy if no efforts were made to globalise human compassion.