Kailash Satyarthi Quotes

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

I dream for a world which is free of child labour, a world in which every child goes to school. A world in which every child gets his rights.

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

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

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

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.

If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.

We as the governments, workers, employers and civil society must declare a war on child labour. This war cannot be won without strong, committed, coherent, and well-resourced worldwide movement. Equally needed is a genuine and active coordination between intergovernmental agencies at the highest level.

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

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

There are genuine concerns about the status of children to be sent to Malaysia and also there are genuine concerns about the human rights record in Malaysia.

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.

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

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.

In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: 'These children want to work, these people want to employ them... what is your problem? It's not as if anyone has kidnapped them...'

If there is any matter upon which civilized countries have agreed ... it is the evil of premature and excessive child labor.

The exploitation of children is both easy and profitable.

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.

In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labor.

Children should be allowed to be children and not be sold.

As a child soldier, your rights are constantly violated.

Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child, a crime against humanity. It's abuse. It's absolutely criminal and we have to stop it.

We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.

Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.