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Stand Up for Education for Child Labour in Supply Chains

It was on 24 April 2013, exactly 4 years ago, when the tragic Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh took place, killing more than 1000 workers and exposing the harsh reality of the international clothing supply chains operations and the dark side of the fast fashion industry. Pic Source: Google […]

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Timothy Ryan Elected as the New Chairperson of Global March

After the unfortunate demise of the Chairperson, Mr. Elie Jouen, last year in late 2016, Global March held its Board Meeting in The Hague, The Netherlands on 30-31 March 2017, with Board Members attending from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and North America and elected, Mr. Timothy Ryan as the […]

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Global March at the Laureates & Leaders for Children Summit, New Delhi

Global March at the Laureates & Leaders for Children Summit, New Delhi

With the assertion that the world must come together to show their commitment and resolve to fight the abuse and exploitation that millions of children face across the world, Honorary President of Global March and Nobel Peace Laureate, Kailash Satyarthi, organised the first ever ‘Laureates & Leaders for Children Summit’ […]

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19 Years of Global March Against Child Labour

19 Years of Global March Against Child Labour

Leading children from exploitation to education since 1998. It was on January 17, 1998 when Honorary President of Global March and Nobel Peace Laureate (2014), Kailash Satyarthi embarked upon a journey with one determination- to end child labour and garner attention from all corners of the world on this mammoth […]

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Demise of Global March’s Chairperson, Elie Jouen

Demise of Global March’s Chairperson, Elie Jouen

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the demise of Global March’s Chairperson and founding member, Elie Jouen Elie  was a veteran educationalist, a vociferous trade union leader and a champion child rights activist till his last breath. Elie served as a founding member of Global March Against […]

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Linking education financing to the marginalised children: Kailash Satyarthi at the UN Headquarters

Linking education financing to the marginalised children: Kailash Satyarthi at the UN Headquarters

At the launch of the Education Commission report, United Nations’ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recalled Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s maxim, “Freedom and learning are the birth right of every child. They are non-negotiable.” Mr Satyarthi along with an assembly of global leaders conceptualised the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, last […]

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