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Global March Against Child Labour - From Exploitation to Education
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A child worker's journey — from Jharkhand to Geneva |
June 10, 2009: He is no slumdog millionaire. But Mohammad Manan Ansari's life also reads like a fairy tale. The 14-year-old boy from an obscure village in Jharkhand's poverty-ridden Koderma district worked in the mica mines since he was eight until rescued by child rights activists.
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Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson, Global March Against Child Labour bestowed with the world acclaimed “Defender of Democracy Award” |
New Delhi, 21 May 2009, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) will present the 2009 Defender of Democracy Awards to Mr. Kailash Satyarthiof India, Founder/Chair of the Global March Against Child Labor, andCh. Aitzaz Ahsanof Pakistan, Barrister-at-Law, Senior Advocate Supreme Court.
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Freedom Marchers set the Stage for Anti-Trafficking Concert |
More than 8,000 advocates and supporters of the Philippines' war against human trafficking launched a freedom march last May 22, Friday, to set the stage for the kick off concert of the MTV End Exploitation and Trafficking (EXIT) Philippine campaign.
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Global Action Week 2009: The Big Read |
| Devli, former child bonded labourer shares stage with Queen Rania |
Devli is one among many girls who has been rescued in India by Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Global March partner in India). They have tremendous leadership potentials, which is demonstrated through various platforms. She came from a family of intergenerational debt bonded slaves, and she was rescued with her parents and grandparents from a stone quarry in North India.
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