GoodWeave International

On Monday, October 5, GoodWeave co-organized “Solving Global Child Labor with Compassion” at American University’s School of International Service in Washington, D.C., featuring our founder and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi.

The event brought together more than 100 attendees for a keynote address by Kailash, who then joined our CEO Jon Jacoby and Tim Ryan, chairman of Global March Against Child Labour, for a panel discussion moderated by Judy Gearhart of American University Accountability Research Center.

The discussion highlighted progress in reducing child labor worldwide and the need to accelerate efforts to end it. Kailash emphasized the knowledge, resources, and legal frameworks are already in place, calling for greater urgency and moral responsibility.

The event was co-sponsored by American University’s School of International Service, the National Consumers League, the Child Labor Coalition, and the Satyarthi Movement for Global Compassion.

Pictured from left: Tim Ryan, Kailash Satyarthi, Jon Jacoby, and Judy Gearhart; Satyarthi addressing the audience; Jacoby speaking during the panel discussion. Photos courtesy of American University.