Malala Yousafzai Awarded Top Amnesty International Award Tuesday Sep 17,2013

Rights Group Amnesty International announced on Tuesday Sep 17,2013 it had awarded its highest honour to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot in the head in Oct 2012 by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education.

Malala Yousafzai will share the 2013 Ambassador of Conscience Award with American singer and human rights activist Harry Belafonte

The award, which recognises "individuals who have promoted and enhanced the cause of human rights through their life and by example," will be presented by Irish rock singer Bono at a ceremony in Dublin, Ireland, on Tuesday  Sep 17,2013

Malala Yousafzai Receives Top Amnesty Award 

 

Yousafzai received the 2013 Ambassador of Conscience Award on along with American singer and human rights activist Harry Belafonte at a ceremony in Dublin on Tuesday Sep 17,2013

“I’ve written a short speech, because I had to finish my homework,” the 16-year-old schoolgirl told the gathering at Mansion House in Dublin.

“With this powerful weapon of knowledge and education, we can fight against wars, terrorism, child labour and inequality. The only tools that are needed are a pen and a book to get us on our way to an enlightened future for one and all,” she said, after receiving the award from Irish rock singer and human rights activist Bono

Referring to children suffering due to war and child trafficking, she said, “You may be asking yourselves — ‘what is the solution?’ I believe the only solution is education, education, education.”