Kailash Satyarthi: children’s rights and the 2014 Peace Nobel
Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian children’s-rights activist who shared the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Malala Yousafzai.
Kailash Satyarthi is an Indian children’s-rights activist who shared the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Malala Yousafzai.
What the award recognised
The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s laureate page identifies Satyarthi’s work against child exploitation and for children’s right to education. The 2014 award was shared with Malala Yousafzai; it was not an award to one organisation alone.
The Committee records that he trained in electrical engineering before leaving that career. It connects his work with the Save the Childhood Movement, known as BBA, and GoodWeave, an organisation associated with labour standards in carpet production.
Campaigns and historical context
The official account notes his leadership of a global march against child labour in 1998 and its contribution to efforts toward an International Labour Organisation convention. These are historical milestones, not a report of a march held today.
The award’s purpose links protection from exploitation with education. A careful profile should keep these ideas together rather than describing the recognition only as a general honour for charity.
How to assess impact claims
A biography establishes a career and its recognition. A claim about a specific campaign’s current results needs a dated report with its measurement period and method. Historical rescue figures should not be reused as if they were today’s verified total. No updated beneficiary number is asserted here.
For a study card, write the person, country, award category, year and co-recipient. Then add one named initiative. This original note format makes it easier to answer a precise question without relying on an ambiguous phrase such as Nobel winner for education.
When reading news about children’s rights, distinguish a policy announcement from enforcement and a reported outcome from a target. This reading approach is an editorial aid, not a claim that Satyarthi’s biography verifies an unrelated current case. The original award page remains the source for the profile’s historical facts.
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Frequently asked questions
Who shared the 2014 Peace Prize with Satyarthi?
Malala Yousafzai.
Was the 1998 global march a new event today?
No. It is a historical milestone described by the Nobel Committee.