MALALA: YOUNGEST EVER NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE!

Malala Yousafzai     Photo: Lise Åserud 

Malala Yousafzai. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix

The 95th Nobel Peace Prize announced in Oslo on Friday has been shared by Indian Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani Malala Yousafzay, at 17, the youngest ever winner.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.

The Nobel committee decreed he Prize is shared equally between the two of them, having been active in the effort against child labour.

At just 17 years old, Yousafzay is the youngest ever Nobel Peace Laureate. The teenager was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen two years ago for campaigning for girls' education. She now lives in Birmingham in the UK.

 

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif congratulated Malala Yousafzai, calling her the "pride" of his country, reported the BBC.

"Her achievement is unparalleled and unequalled. Girls and boys of the world should take the lead from her struggle and commitment," he said.

Satyarthi, 60, is an Indian children's rights activist who has headed various forms of protests and demonstrations. He is said to have freed over 80,000 children from servitude. 

 

After the announcement, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg gave a congratulatory speech in Parliament Square in Oslo.

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