The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to the duo
of Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India in recognition
of their work for children's rights.
17-year-old Malala has become the youngest Nobel Prize
winner ever. She got into international reckoning when she started agitating
for children’s right to education as a girl of 11. Two years ago, an attempt
was made on her life by the Taliban when she was shot in the head by a gunman.
She was flown to England where she went through surgeries
and recovered by a stroke of luck.
Sathyarthi on the other hand has led various peaceful
protests through which he has continuously decried the exploitation of
children. He left his engineering career to focus on child right movements.
In awarding the two, the Nobel committee noted that the two
earned the award "for their struggle against the suppression of children
and young people and for the right of all children to education."
The awards will be handed over on December 10.
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