By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Royalty, presidents, prime ministers and spiritual leaders joined hands with Nobel peace prize winners on Saturday in the fight for child rights, saying they wanted to “globalize compassion for children” in a world which has forgotten to care. Despite greater wealth across the world, millions of children still languish in poverty and are trafficked, exploited, forced to flee their homes due to conflict and denied basic rights, including an education. Speaking at a summit in Delhi, prominent figures including Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, Tibetan Spiritual Leader the Dalai Lama, Princess Charlene of Monaco, former President of East Timor Jose Ramos-Horta, said it was time to speak with one voice for the rights of children.
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Princesses, presidents, laureates join hands to ‘globalize compassion’ for children
