World urged to act swiftly to end child labour as COVID-19 threatens gains
Thomson Reuters Foundation The world must urgently swap promises for action in the drive to end child labour as the coronavirus pandemic threatens decades of progress in combating the practice, United Nations agencies and a Nobel peace laureate said on Thursday. Several organisations and activists spoke at an event to mark the International Year for […]
Wow!: India’s bicycle warriors on a mission to save children from traffickers
ROLI SRIVASTAVA, writing for the Thomspn Reuters Foundation, reports on how a new bicycle scheme spear-headed by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi is seeing children freed from traffickers…
Mobile theatres to screen child slavery film in rural India
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A film about a boy trafficked to work in a carpet factory is to be screened in remote Indian villages to raise awareness about child slavery among families often targeted by human traffickers. Due to be released on Thursday, Jhalki tracks a nine-year-old girl’s struggle to find her younger brother after […]
Indian Nobel laureate wants global treaty to tackle online child abuse
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nobel peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi called on Friday for a United Nations convention on online child sex abuse and trafficking, saying an international law is the only way to end the global scourge. The Indian campaigner against child trafficking said he was gathering support from fellow laureates and religious leaders including Pope […]