2014 Nobel Peace Prize

 

India's Kailash Satyarthi, Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai joint winners of 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 to India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."  

"Children must go to school and not be financially exploited. In the poor countries of the world, 60 per cent of the present population is under 25 years of age. It is a prerequisite for peaceful global development that the rights of children and young people be respected. In conflict-ridden areas in particular, the violation of children leads to the continuation of violence from generation to generation," the Norwegian Nobel Committee opined 

Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai were jointly recognised for their efforts to improve child rights

The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, announces that Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, Indian anti-child labour activist, have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2014

Malala Yousafzai is the Youngest, first Pakistani and only the 16th woman to receive the prize
Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in October 2012 for campaigning for girls' education.

The Nobel committee said it was important that a Muslim and a Hindu, a Pakistani and an Indian, had joined in what it called a common struggle for education and against extremism.

A picture of Malala was placed in the Nobel Field in Oslo today after she was named as the joint 2014 Peace Prize winner


A girl in Malala's hometown of Mingora, in the Swat Valley, cuts a cake in celebration of her Nobel Peace Prize
 


 Journalists from across the globe gathered in Birmingham to hear Malala speak after being named winner of the Peace Prize
 

Speaking at a news conference in Birmingham, UK, where she now lives, she revealed she found out the news after being called out of her chemistry class at school.
Despite her excitement, she said she attended her afternoon lessons in physics and English.

Children's rights activists Malala Yousafzai(17)has spoken of her joy at winning the Nobel Peace Prize - a statement she waited to make until she had finished school for the day.

Speaking from her school in Birmingham, Malala thanked her father Ziauddin for 'not clipping her wings', and how she had to be taken out of chemistry class to be told she had won
Malala said she was "honoured" to receive the award, saying it made her feel "more powerful and courageous".

Malala Yousafzai thanked her father for "not clipping her wings" and said she was proud to have shown that "a girl is not supposed to be a slave".
Dedicating the award to "all those children who are voiceless", she said: "My message to children around the world is: stand up for your rights."
She said she was "really happy to be sharing this award with a person from India", before joking that she couldn't pronounce Mr Satyarthi's surname.
Malala Yousafzai said she and Mr Satyarthi had decided to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to the award ceremony in December in Oslo in a bid to improve relations between the two.
They will receive a medal and $1.4m (£860,000) pounds in prize money.

Kailash Satyarthi said the award was a great honour for him and he dedicated it to children across the world

   

Kailash Satyarthi has maintained the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and headed various forms of peaceful protests, "focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain," the committee said at the Nobel Institute in Oslo.

Kailash Satyarthi(60)founded Bachpan Bachao Andolan, or the Save the Childhood Movement, which campaigns for child rights and an end to human trafficking

Kailash Satyarthi told "It's a great honour for all the Indians, it's an honour for all those children who have been still living in slavery despite of all the advancement in technology, market and economy.

"And I dedicate this award to all those children in the world."

 Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded 1901-2014
16 women have been awarded the prize, including Malala Yousafzai
17  Malala's age, making her the youngest ever laureate
62 average age of laureates when they were awarded the prize
3 laureates were under arrest at the time of the award: Carl von Ossietzky, Aung San Suu Kyi & Liu Xiaobo

• women have been awarded the prize, including Malala Yousafzai
  
• 17 Malala's age, making her the youngest ever laureate
  
• 62 average age of laureates when they were awarded the prize
  
• 3 laureates were under arrest at the time of the award: Carl von Ossietzky, Aung San Suu Kyi & Liu Xiaobo
  

• women have been awarded the prize, including Malala Yousafzai
  
• 17 Malala's age, making her the youngest ever laureate
  
• 62 average age of laureates when they were awarded the prize
  
• 3 laureates were under arrest at the time of the award: Carl von Ossietzky, Aung San Suu Kyi & Liu Xiaobo
  

Nobel peace prize

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Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded 1901-2014

• 16 women have been awarded the prize, including Malala Yousafzai
  
• 17 Malala's age, making her the youngest ever laureate
  
• 62 average age of laureates when they were awarded the prize
  
• 3 laureates were under arrest at the time of the award: Carl von Ossietzky, Aung San Suu Kyi & Liu Xiaobo
  

  Nobel peace prize

  95

  Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded 1901-2014
• 16 women have been awarded the prize, including Malala Yousafzai
  
• 17 Malala's age, making her the youngest ever laureate
  
• 62 average age of laureates when they were awarded the prize
  
• 3 laureates were under arrest at the time of the award: Carl von Ossietzky, Aung San Suu Kyi & Liu Xiaobo