Indian Kailash Satyarthi, 21st Century anti-child slavery activist wins Nobel Peace Prize
FIGHTING CHILD SLAVERY
Satyarthi, who gave up a career as an electrical engineer in 1980 to campaign against child labor, has headed various forms of peaceful protests and demonstrations, focusing on the exploitation of children for financial gain.
"It is a disgrace for every human being if any child is working as a child slave in any part of the world," Satyarthi said. "I feel very proud to be an Indian that in India I was able to keep this fight on for the last 30 years or so. This is a great recognition and honor for all my fellow Indians."
In a recent editorial, Satyarthi said that data from non-government organizations indicated that child laborers could number 60 million in India - 6 percent of the total population.
"Children are employed not just because of parental poverty, illiteracy, ignorance, failure of development and education programs, but quite essentially due to the fact that employers benefit immensely from child labor as children come across as the cheapest option, sometimes working even for free," he wrote.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/10/us-nobel-prize-peace-idUSKCN0HZ0O120141010
