Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Win Nobel Peace Prize

Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was awarded the Nobel Peace prize Friday who was exactly two years and a day after Taliban gunmen shot her in the head for daring to speak up for the rights of a girl to get an education.She shares the award with Kailash Satyarthi, 60,who is veteran children’s rights campaigner from neighboring India.


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According to the Nobel Committee’s declaration both Satyarthi and Yousafzai were lauded “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Yousufzai said,it may not have been intentional, the joint award evokes certain symmetry.
Satyarthi is looking back on a career studded with achievements and dedicated to defending children from management. His work on developing international conventions for children’s rights is what enabled Yousufzai to launch her own campaign, first in her native Pakistan, and then around the world.


The Peace Prize statement that the two come from competitor countries and oft-clashing faiths only strengthens the message that the need for children’s education trumps both nation and creed. “The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism.