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Kailash Satyarthi: Fighting for children’s rights, one step at a time
Children may have been given the right to education but now they must be educated about their rights This is the new challenge faced by Kailash Satyarthi winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 He has been at the forefront of the fight against child slavery and labour since 1980 when he founded his movement the Bachpan Bachao Andolan Save the Childhood Movement which has helped liberate more than 85000 children in India from exploitation through education and rehabilitation Satyarthi tells the UNESCO Courier how his quest to improve the lives of children began what he hopes for from his new cause to make schools safe and why he believes true liberation starts with education