AP: Millions of census workers fanned out across the country yesterday as they began a mammoth effort to document every person in the world’s second most populous country over the next three weeks. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil was the first of the estimated 1.17 billion Indians to be counted at her pink sandstone presidential palace. […]
Time: Gandhi Tops World’s Icon List
February 8, 2011 by 2 Comments
Mahatma Gandhi and the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama were Sunday listed by Time magazine among the world’s top 25 political icons. Mohandas K. Gandhi was credited with non-violent protests during the British Raj that helped him become the spiritual heart of the Indian independence struggle. Released on the 100th birth anniversary of the […]
Under-age Sex Traffic Booming at Super Bowl
February 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
The under-age sex trade was booming at the Super Bowl Sunday. Pimps trafficked thousands of under-age prostitutes to Texas for yesterday’s Super Bowl, hoping to do business with men arriving for the big game with money to burn. In fact, the Super Bowl is one of the biggest human trafficking events in the United States. From […]
Anuradha Koirala Named ‘CNN Hero’ for 2010 Anti-Human Trafficking
February 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Obama and Michelle Celebrate Diwali with Mumbai Kids
November 7, 2010 by 1 Comment
MUMBAI: “Hello! Namaste! Good Morning!”, said a beaming 49-year-old Obama to the media as he entered the venue wearing black trousers, a matching tie, a spotless white shirt with folded sleeves and without the formal jacket. Imparting a touch of informality, US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle on Sunday danced spiritedly to a […]
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 […]
Forms of Child Labour Found in Asia
October 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Bonded child labour is extensively rooted in socio-cultural and political structures in parts of South Asia. Source: Sona Sahu / CoolAvenues.com – “Child is the father of the man” or he is the future of tomorrow? But no more. With the growing exploitation and the way we are depriving him of his basic rights, the […]
Child Slavery Now: A Contemporary Reader
October 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Child Slavery Now: A Contemporary Reader Author/Editor: Gary Craig Format: Hardcover , 360 pages Publisher: Policy Press (October 10, 2010) The issue of modern child slavery is plagued with self-aggrandisement, shoddy research, and sensationalism. Child slavery now is a powerful antidote to this trend. Gary Craig brings together real experts and deep thinkers to carry […]
Remembering Sunanda Gandhi
October 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: Sunanda Gandhi’s birthday was today, 1932. Sunanda Gandhi (1932–2007) was an author, researcher, nurse and, along with her husband Arun Gandhi, co-founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence presently located at University of Rochester Prior, Sunanda and Arun, along with friends, organized India’s Center for Social Unity which developed self-help, economic models for […]
CNN photographs shocking child labor images at Commonwealth Games construction
October 7, 2010 by 4 Comments
The images, taken by Harvard fellow Mr Kara and released by CNN, drew criticism from Save The Children. ‘We are concerned about reports of young children working on construction sites,’ said the charity. ————– Carrying the can: A naked child walks with a pail as Commonwealth Games labourers look on at a site in Delhi […]
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 […]