Letter to Malala
Dear Malala, By now you’ve been airlifted to a hospital in the UK, and are, I hope, on the way to recovery. It is almost inconceivable to me that hatred and fear of women can be so strong, that the mere possibility of girls competing on an equal footing with boys could impel someone to [...]
Child-Friendly Villages (Bal Mitra Gram)
In this video the Indian child rights organization Bachpan Bachao Andolan introduces the idea of Bal Mitra Gram or Child-Friendly Villages as a way of fighting child labor at the source, in the poor villages of India’s impoverished countryside. Kailash Satyarthi explains the idea of political representation of children by means of a children’s parliament that brings issues to the village leadership for action, issues like lack of potable water or girl’s bathrooms at the local school.
