Kailash Satyarthi left a career as an electrical engineer and started Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement) to rescue children from slavery. Learn about the story of our founder, told through the stories of rescued child laborers, in the award-winning documentary, The Price of Free. Satyarthi launched a 64-page bi-monthly magazine titled Sangharsh Jaari Rahega (The Fight Must Go On) in January 1981 to highlight pressing issues faced by vulnerable children and marginalised communities. It was for the first time that a magazine was drawing attention to children forced into labour and exploitation which was ignored by mainstream media. That same year, 15-year-old Sabo and 35 people were freed from slavery—the first ever documented civil society-led rescue initiative in ... Nobel Peace Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi is one of the tallest leaders and the loudest voice in the global fight against exploitation of children. Despite facing multiple obstacles including numerous life threatening attacks, he has fearlessly moved forward in his struggle to ensure every child is safe, healthy and educated. He has personally rescued tens of thousands of children from the scourge of slavery. Mr Satyarthi ’s fearless and unrelenting policy advocacy efforts towards ... Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and elsewhere and advocated the universal right to education. In 2014 he was the corecipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
