KSCF US supports @k_satyarthi with @KSCFIndia to free every child from #ChildLabor & exploitation. #EndChildLabour #EndChildMarriage #EndUSChildLabor
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
13 Jun 2024
"Here we are, nearly 85 yrs after the #FLSA was passed, & our country is facing another child labor crisis... Congress needs to step up."
@RepDanKildee, co-chair of the #ChildLabor Prevention Taskforce at our Congressional briefing, co-hosted with @ChildLaborCLC #EndUSChildLabor
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"When you're forced to live life at a systemic edge, you do your best to survive."
Jose Velasquez Castellano on his experience as a former child farmworker in tobacco at a Congressional briefing hosted by @EndUSChildLabor & @ChildLaborCLC on Tuesday.
The #US is #NotSafeForKids
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
12 Jun 2024
On the World Day Against #ChildLabor, most govts celebrate the progress they've made to END child exploitation. But in the #US, some legislators will be celebrating the progress made to INCREASE it.
Until we #EndUSChildLabor, the United States is #NotSafeForKids.
#WDACL2024
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Since the #SDGs launched in 2015, #ChildLabor has INCREASED. We CAN #EndChildLabour if govts prioritize children's health, freedom, & education. When 1 in 4 kids under 5 worldwide are enduring severe child #FoodPoverty, we need #SocialProtection more than ever. #WDACL2024
12 Jun 2024
Even as we celebrate #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour today, what strikes a jarring note is that we have failed our children. Though the Sustainable Development Goals were rolled out in 2016, child labour has increased from 152 million to 160 million. The international community cannot fulfill its commitment to eradicate child labour by 2025 until we are honest for our children. We understand the problems and we have also experienced how to solve them. What is urgently required is appropriate funding, education, social protection, and law enforcement measures.
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
Finally, @Hyundai is being held liable for #ChildLabor in its supply chain. @USDOL is suing Hyundai & its suppliers for using oppressive child labor in manufacturing car parts - including a 13yr-old girl who worked up to 60 hrs per week #EndUSChildLabor
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
31 May 2024
We don't let kids smoke #tobacco because it's harmful. But in the #US, it's legal for 12yr-olds to work in toxic tobacco fields. Today is #WorldNoTobaccoDay, and banning #ChildLabor in tobacco is a no-brainer - write to legislators now! #EndUSChildLabor #TobaccoExposed
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DYK: #US law lets 12yr-olds toil in #tobacco fields?
Nicotine is a neurotoxin - harvesting it is harmful to kids.
On #WorldNoTobaccoDay, write to #Congress to stop kids working in tobacco!
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@EndUSChildLabor
#TobaccoExposed
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Farming #tobacco can cause breathing difficulties, nausea, headaches, dizziness, rashes, & irritation to mouth & eyes. But in the #US a 12yr-old can do this hazardous work. Write to legislators to stop #ChildLabor in tobacco - and follow the Campaign to @EndUSChildLabor!
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Child-focused #SocialProtection is a vital part of ending #ChildLabour & #poverty. #India's #PMPoshan program is one of the world's biggest social protection schemes for children, providing 118 million children with school lunches every day. Our founder, @k_satyarthi, was part of the @AkshayaPatra event celebrating its 4 billionth meal, hosted at the @UN last week.
3 Apr 2024
Compassion is latent in each one of us. We just need to ignite the spark within us and globalise compassion to create a just and equitable world. My keynote address at the #PMPoshan @AkshayaPatra four billion meal celebration at @UN in New York today.
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Children working in #US agriculture are far more likely to be exposed to hazards leading to injuries, sickness, & death. An estimated 300,000 children are toiling in our fields, putting their health & lives at risk. #NFAW2024 #EndUSChildLabor
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In #US agriculture, children can work unlimited hours from the age of 12. No 12-year-old should be toiling in the fields at the expense of their health & education, anywhere in the world - it is #ChildLabor. But in the US, this is legal. #NFAW2024 #EndUSChildLabor
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Q: Why can 12-year-olds toil in American fields for unlimited hours a day?
A: Because the law that allows it comes from 1938, & it is steeped in racism.
Q: So why is it still legal, 86 years later?
A: 🤷🏽♀️
#NFAW2024 #EndUSChildLabor
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
"We are all born with an ocean of compassion. We are a walking ocean of compassion." With these inspirational words, Nobel Peace Laureate @k_satyarthi closes the formal addresses of our 2024 Conclave, Creating a Compassionate World for Children.
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
Our session, Compassionate Governance: Protecting Every Child covered a wide spectrum of issues, from conflict & violence to democracy & multilateralism. With thanks to our speakers for such a considered & varied discussion.
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
Amar Lal, youth activist, #ChildLabour survivor, & human rights lawyer has dedicated himself to realising children's rights, & at today's conclave he makes an impassioned plea.
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
Today with our founders @k_satyarthi & @sumedhakailash, global leaders, & amazing youth activists, we create history. The Satyarthi Movement for Global Compassion was launched, declaring its vision to achieve justice, peace, equity, & sustainability by globalising #compassion.
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
The #BolsaFamilia has had a huge impact on poverty reduction in #Brazil. Chief Justice Lelio Bentes Corrêa of the Superior Labor Court - & lifelong campaigner for #LabourRights - demonstrates what happens when #SocialProtection is a priority.
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
Sumedha Kailash, an incredible campaigner for the rights of children & the Co-Founder of @smgc_official, closes our session on the Transformative Power of Compassion with powerful words - joining us together by hand & in song!
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Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation US retweeted
Shubham, Payal, & Kinsu, survivors of child exploitation, have dedicated their time to speak truth to power all over the world, calling not for kindness, but for the rights of children to #education & freedom. Today, they discuss the transformative power of compassion which set them on their path to activism.
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Padma Vibhushan @rameshmashelkar tells the 2024 Conclave his personal story. Dr. Mashelkar served for more than a decade as Director General of CSIR, nearly 2 decades as Chairman of the National Innovation Foundation, & another decade as President of Global Research Alliance. Yet without compassion, he could not have continued his high school studies.
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