Meet Anuradha Koirala, a crusader known for her anti-human trafficking drive through her non-profit making organisation Maiti Nepal and often labelled the ‘Terminator’ by human traffickers. Maiti has saved more than 12,000 girls from sex slavery and prevented 45,000 children and women from being trafficked at the India-Nepali border. For her untiring efforts, September 5 […]
Anuradha Koirala Named ‘CNN Hero’ for 2010 Anti-Human Trafficking
February 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Child labour – The worst menace of all time
January 23, 2011 by 2 Comments
A guest post by Akshay Mahajan at IndiaStudyChannel.com – Child labour, also referred to as child slavery by many, is one of the worst effects of poverty as seen in India and many other countries. What is child labour ? Child labour actually refers to employing children for various tasks at an age when they […]
Arun Gandhi Speaks at MLK Awards
January 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
By Steve Hoffman | pantagraph.com – The worldwide impact of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s philosophy of peace is often discussed, but his grandson encouraged a gathering in Normal on Saturday not to ignore individual responsibility in promoting a nonviolent world. Speaking at the 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. awards luncheon, Arun Gandhi passed on […]
WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Funded Child Sex Slavery
December 13, 2010 by 3 Comments
The ‘infamous’ Wikileaks has released a cable from Afghanistan revealing U.S. government contractor DynCorp threw a party for Afghan security recruits featuring trafficked boys as the entertainment. Bacha bazi is the Afghan tradition of “boy play” where young boys are dressed in women’s clothing, dance for leering men, and then sold for sex to the […]
The Story of Gandhi’s ‘Invisible Hands’
December 6, 2010 by 1 Comment
This wonderful piece, written by an impassioned grandson, tells the story of Gandhi’s earliest and closest helpers, his invisible hands. mmm The author, Ian Desai, is a postdoctoral associate and lecturer in South Asian studies and history at Yale. He received his doctorate from Oxford, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. mmm Ian Desai […]
Obama praised Mahatma Gandhi to India’s Parliament
November 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
President Obama praised the “father of your nation” Mahatma Gandhi and noted Gandhi’s influence on Martin Luther King and the non-violent resistance that typified the American civil rights movement in his address to the Indian Parliament Monday. “I am mindful that I might not be standing before you today, as president of the United States, […]
Coconuts removed from Trees at Mumbai Gandhi Museum for Obama’s Safety
November 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Source: Telegraph.UK . India is preparing for Barack Obama’s first visit to the country by removing coconuts from palm trees in Mumbai’s Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum to protect the US president. . Mr Obama will arrive in India on Saturday for the first leg of an Asian tour. But as well as the usual security measures that come […]
Promoting Children’s Rights with Sri Lanka ‘Street Drama’
October 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It was noon at a Hatton bus terminal when 12-year-old Shanthi, clad in a brown gown and tenderly touching her 10-year-old brother’s head, cried, “My heart is heavy with sorrow,” as crowds gathered around her. Shanthi is one of the actresses in a “street drama” in central Sri Lanka promoting awareness on child labor, child […]
UNICEF: Child Labor Must End
October 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Worldwide, the latest UNICEF report from New Zealand estimates nearly 160 million children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labor – equivalent to half the population of the United States. UNICEF: 4 October 2010: While New Zealanders watch their team compete in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, many children in India will never have the […]
Origin and Causes of Child Labour and its Possible Solutions
October 5, 2010 by 2 Comments
Children are the gifts; Children are the future citizens; it is childhood which determines a child’s future, his/her life and their worthy contributions to the world. Thus it becomes an important aspect for us, for everyone in the society, and for the Government to protect, nourish and work for the overall welfare of children of […]
Be The Change! MC Yogi Rap Song
October 4, 2010 by 1 Comment
About the Artist – MC Yogi grew up painting graffiti & listening to hip hop. At age eighteen, he discovered yoga. A full time yoga teacher & performing artist, MC Yogi combines his knowledge of yoga with his love for hip hop music creating an exciting new sound that brings the wisdom of yoga to […]
Child malnutrition in India – Putting the smallest first
September 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Why India makes a poor job of feeding the young, and how it could do better. Source: THE ECONOMIST | GOTHEKAR PADA VISHAL, the son of a farm labourer in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, is almost four. He should weigh around 16kg (35lb). But scooping him up from the floor costs his nursery […]
The ‘Gray Areas’ of Child Labor
September 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Earlier in the week NPR’s Neal Conan interviewed Jane Stewart, special representative and director of the International Labour Organization’s office to the United Nations, formerly minister of human resources in Canada. Listen online here Read NPR Transcript – This is TALK OF THE NATION. Im Neal Conan in Washington. The campaign to eliminate the horrors […]