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{{Short description|Indian Social Campaigner}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}  

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| name              = Kailash Satyarthi

| birth_name        = Kailash Sharma<ref name="ti-rings">{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141011/jsp/nation/story_18915372.jsp |title=A street rings with 'Nobel' cry |first=Rasheed |last=Kidwai |date= 10 October 2014 |work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]] |location=Calcutta |archive-date= 14 October 2014 |archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6TKAJGvms?url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141011/jsp/nation/story_18915372.jsp |quote= arr Quila area of the town. […] locals were seen drawing affiliation to institutions linked to Satyarhti including his schools – Toppura Primary School, Petit semenaire Higher Secondary School and Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (SATI) from where Satyarthi graduated in Engineering and later taught there for two years before embarking his journey to serve humanity. |access-date= 14 October 2014 }}</ref><ref name="tribpk-would">{{cite web |url= http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/24382/gandhiji-would-have-been-proud-of-you-kailash-satyarthi/ |title= Gandhiji would have been proud of you, Kailash Satyarthi |first= Sapan |last= Kapoor |date= 11 October 2014 |work= [[The Express Tribune]] Blogs |location= Karachi |access-date= 14 October 2014 |quote= Mr Kailash Satyarthi has come a long way since his engineering days at Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, literally.  My father, who was one year senior to this electrical engineering student, vividly remembers him […] who would come to the college in his staple kurta-payjama with a muffler tied around his neck. }}</ref>

| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1954|1|11|df=y}}

| occupation        =  

| known for          = Activism for [[children's rights]] and [[Early childhood education|children's education]]

| movement          =  

| spouse            = Sumedha Satyarthi

'''Kailash Satyarthi''' (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian social reformer who campaigned against [[child labour in India]] and advocated the universal right to [[education]]. In 2014, he was the co-recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]], along with [[Malala Yousafzai]], "for their struggle against the suppression of children and ''young'' people and for the right of all children to education." He is the founder of multiple social activist organizations, including [[Bachpan Bachao Andolan]], [[Global March Against Child Labour]], [[Global Campaign for Education]] and Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation.

He has served on the board and committee of several international organisations including the [[Center for Victims of Torture]] (USA), the [[International Labor Rights Forum|International Labor Rights Fund]] (USA), and the Cocoa Initiative. Satyarthi was among [[Fortune (magazine)|''Fortune'']] magazine's "World's Greatest Leaders" in 2015<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.livemint.com/Politics/PSgnyCQBtja2Llvacf5CIM/Modi-Kailash-Satyarthi-among-Fortunes-list-of-worlds-grea.html|title=Modi, Kailash Satyarthi among Fortune's list of world's greatest leaders |last=Singh |first=Yoshita |date=27 March 2015 |work= livemint.com |access-date= 6 November 2017}}</ref> and featured in [[LinkedIn]]'s Power Profiles List in 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.news18.com/news/tech/modi-priyanka-linkedin-power-profiles-1499681.html |title= Modi, Priyanka Feature in LinkedIn Power Profiles List of 2017 |work=News18 |access-date= 6 November 2017}}</ref> Satyarthi led a nationwide march, Bharat Yatra,<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://www.thestatesman.com/india/kailash-satyarthis-bharat-yatra-culminates-rashtrapati-bhavan-1502512184.html |title=19,000 km in 35 days: Kailash Satyarthi's Bharat Yatra culminates at Rashtrapati Bhavan|date=16 October 2017|work=The Statesman |access-date=6 November 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> in India covering {{cvt|19,000|km}} in 35 days, to demand for legislation against child rape, [[child sexual abuse]] and trafficking.

==Early life==

   

==Work==

In 1980, Sathyarthi gave up his career as an electrical engineer and then founded the [[Bachpan Bachao Andolan]] (Save Childhood Movement).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fes.de/themen/menschenrechtspreis/mrp1999.php|title=Angaben auf der Seite des Menschenrechtspreises der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung|access-date=10 October 2014|website=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung|publisher=Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017235427/http://www.fes.de/themen/menschenrechtspreis/mrp1999.php|archive-date=17 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=NYT-Nobel>{{cite news|title=Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/11/world/europe/kailash-satyarthi-and-malala-yousafzai-are-awarded-nobel-peace-prize.html?hp|access-date=10 October 2014|work=[[New York Times]] | date=10 October 2014}}</ref> He conceived and led the [[Global March Against Child Labor]]<ref name="thenewheroes">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/meet/satyarthi.html |title=The New Heroes . Meet the New Heroes . Kailash Satyarthi – PBS |access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> and its international advocacy body, the International Center on Child Labor and Education (ICCLE),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowchildlabor.org/about/|title=About|publisher=knowchildlabor.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130092437/http://www.knowchildlabor.org/about/|archive-date=30 November 2012}}</ref> which are worldwide coalitions of NGOs, teachers and trades unionists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trustwomenconf.com/profile/kailash-satyarthi/|title=Trust Women – Kailash Satyarthi|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010120055/http://www.trustwomenconf.com/profile/kailash-satyarthi/|archive-date=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="FT">{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8fce16ca-5049-11e4-9822-00144feab7de.html |title=Malala and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace prize|author=David Crouch |date=10 October 2014 |work=Financial Times |access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> He has served as the President of the [[Global Campaign for Education]] from its inception in 1999 to 2011. Sathyarthi is one of its four founders alongside [[ActionAid]], [[Oxfam]] and [[Education International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://efareport.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/the-role-of-civil-society-in-the-dakar-world-education-forum/?hootPostID=f122f7bc213a8e3609eda7570d882018 |title=The Role of Civil Society in the Dakar World Education Forum |date=10 September 2014 |access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref>

He established [[GoodWeave International]] (formerly known as Rugmark) as the first voluntary labelling, monitoring and certification system of rugs manufactured without the use of child-labour in South Asia.<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/10/who-is-indias-kailash-satyarthi-the-other-nobel-peace-prize-winner|title=Who is India's Kailash Satyarthi, the other Nobel Peace Prize winner?|work=Rama Lakshmi|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/malala-yousafzai-nobel-prize|title=A Fitting Nobel for Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi|work=Amy Davidson|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="PBS">{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/now/enterprisingideas/RugMarkUSA.html|title=RugMark USA – Entrepreneurs in Depth – Enterprising Ideas|work=PBS-NOW|access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> In the late 1980s and early 1990s he focused its campaigns on [[raising awareness|raising consumer awareness]] on issues relating to the [[accountability]] of global corporations regarding socially responsible consumerism, trade and supply chains.<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.principalvoices.com/2007/social.entrepreneurs/video/kailash.satyarthi/|title=Principal Voices: Kailash Satyarthi|date=28 June 2007|publisher=CNN|access-date=10 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131213640/http://www.principalvoices.com/2007/social.entrepreneurs/video/kailash.satyarthi/|archive-date=31 January 2013}}</ref> Satyarthi has highlighted child labour as a human rights issue as well as a welfare matter and charitable cause. He has argued that it perpetuates [[poverty]], [[unemployment]], [[illiteracy]], population growth, and other social problems,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Satyarthi|first1=Kailash|title=Child labour perpetuates illiteracy, poverty and corruption|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/281292/child-labour-perpetuates-illiteracy-poverty.html|access-date=10 October 2014|work=Deccan Herald|date=26 September 2012}}</ref> his claims have been supported by several studies.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nanjunda|first1=D C|title=Anthropology and Child Labour|date=2009|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788183242783|page=91}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Shukla|first1=C K|last2=Ali|first2=S|title=Child Labour and the Law|date=2006|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=9788176256780|page=116}}</ref> He has had a role in linking the movement against [[child labour]] with efforts for achieving "Education for All".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxotower.co.uk/events/talk-human-rights-defender-kailash-satyarthi/ |title=Talk by human rights defender Kailash Satyarthi |publisher=oxotower.co.uk |access-date=10 October 2014}}</ref> Satyarthi has been a member of a [[UNESCO]] body and has been on the board of the Fast Track Initiative (now known as the [[Global Partnership for Education]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fund-the-future.org/files/Fund_The_Future_2014_EN.pdf |title=Fund the Future: An action plan for funding the Global Partnership for Education |date=April 2014 |access-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016180319/http://www.fund-the-future.org/files/Fund_The_Future_2014_EN.pdf |archive-date=16 October 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Satyarthi had served on the board and committee of several international organisations including the [[Center for Victims of Torture]] (USA), the [[International Labor Rights Forum|International Labor Rights Fund]] (USA), and the International Cocoa Foundation. He brought child labour and slavery into the post-2015 development agenda for the United Nation's [[Sustainable Development Goals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-nobel-laureate-kailash-satyarthi-calls-for-child-related-sdgs-at-un-summit-2129056|title=Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi calls for child-related SDGs at UN summit|work=DNA India|date=26 September 2015}}</ref>

=== Organisations ===

* Satyarthi formed the [[Global Campaign for Education]] and became its president at its inception in 1999. Global Campaign for Education is an international coalition of [[non-governmental organizations]], working to promote children's and adult education through research and advocacy. It was formed in 1999 as a partnership between NGOs that were separately active in the area, including [[Action Aid]], [[Oxfam]], [[Education International]], [[Global March Against Child Labour]] and national organizations in Bangladesh, Brazil and South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.campaignforeducation.org/en/about-us|title=About us|last=User|first=Super|website=WWW.campaignforeducation.org|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>

* 2009: Defenders of Democracy Award (US)<ref>{{cite news |title= Social Activist Kailash Satyarthi to get 2009 Defender of Democracy Award in U.S. |url= http://news.oneindia.in/2009/10/20/socialactivist-kailash-satyarthi-to-get-2009-defender-ofde.html |access-date= 10 October 2014 |date=20 October 2009}}</ref>

* 2014: [[Nobel Peace Prize]]<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/malala-kailash-satyarthi-win-nobel-peace-prize/article6488625.ece |title=Malala, Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize |author= P.J. George |newspaper=The Hindu|date=10 October 2014 }}</ref>

* 2015: Honorary Doctorate by [[Amity University, Gurgaon]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Satyarthi's '3D' model: Dream, discover, do |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/Satyarthis-3D-model-Dream-discover-do/articleshow/46318805.cms |website= Times of India |access-date= 3 October 2015}}</ref>  

* 2015: Harvard's University Award  "Humanitarian of the Year"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nobel-winner-Kailash-Satyarthi-is-now-Harvards-Humanitarian-of-the-Year/articleshow/49427660.cms|title=Nobel-winner Kailash Satyarthi is now Harvard's 'Humanitarian of the Year' &#124; India News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

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