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Nor is the suffering limited to children in developing countries.

I have been very strongly advocating that poverty must not be used as an excuse to continue child labour. It perpetuates poverty. If children are deprived of education, they remain poor.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

Children have to be provided a nurturing environment to grow. Sadly, in India we don't have a robust mental health programme for children. There is also a lack of accountability in the public system.

I am deeply concerned about the impact of poverty on children because poverty can destroy their future and bind them to a life of misery.

Child labor perpetuates poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, population growth, and other social problems.

There are children who are working in textile businesses in Asia who would be prostitutes on the streets if they did not have those jobs.

Six months ago, I traveled to India to see firsthand what the prime minister of that country calls a national shame. It is the systematic, widespread, shocking elimination of India's baby girls. Some 50,000 female fetuses are aborted every month in India.