CHILDREN’S rights activist Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the two “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”
Yousafzai is a schoolgirl and education campaigner in Pakistan who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago.
The 17-year-old campaigner came to prominence after surviving an assassination attempt in October 2012 when her calls for equal rights angered militants in her homeland of Pakistan.
A bullet narrowly missed her brain and she was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham United Kingdom where she was treated for life-threatening injuries.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that she had been jointly awarded the prestigious Peace Prize together with Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. Congrats girls. A cull from www.scotsman.com
The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the two “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”
Yousafzai is a schoolgirl and education campaigner in Pakistan who was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago.
The 17-year-old campaigner came to prominence after surviving an assassination attempt in October 2012 when her calls for equal rights angered militants in her homeland of Pakistan.
A bullet narrowly missed her brain and she was airlifted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham United Kingdom where she was treated for life-threatening injuries.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that she had been jointly awarded the prestigious Peace Prize together with Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. Congrats girls. A cull from www.scotsman.com
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