Speaker Kailash Satyarthi is a leading human rights activist from India who has been at the forefront of the global movement to end child slavery and exploitative child labour since 1980. He is founding member and chairperson of Global March Against Child Labour (http://globalmarch.org/) a worldwide network of trade unions, teachers’ and civil society organisations that work together towards the shared development goals of ending child labour and ensuring access to quality public education.
