Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi

Oct 10, 2014

Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi

Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment World Kailash Satyarthi, Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize

Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Yousafzai, aged 17, becomes the youngest Nobel Prize winner by far. Satyarthi, 60, and Yousafzai were picked for their struggle against the oppression of children and young people, and for the right of all children to education, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

: Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai posing during an event at the Southbank Centre in central London October 20, 2013. Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by the Taliban two years ago for advocating girls’ right to education, and Indian children’s right advocate Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on October 10, 2014. (Olivia Harris/Reuters)

: Malala Yousafzai presents a copy of her book to Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh during a Reception for Youth, Education and the Commonwealth at Buckingham Palace on October 18, 2013 in London, England. (Yui Mok/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

: Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (L) meets with students at United Nations headquarters in New York. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has congratulated teenage education campaigner Malala Yousafzai on winning the Nobel Peace Prize, calling her the “pride” of his country on October 10, 2014. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

: Autobiographies of Malala Yousafzai are displayed at a bookstore in Islamabad on October 10, 2014. Malala Yousafzai was hailed as the “pride of Pakistan” by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, as a former fellow pupil said the award was a victory for every girl in the country. Political leaders and activists alike rallied around Malala, the youngest ever Nobel laureate, expressing their support for the education campaigner who moved to Great Britain after being shot in the head by Taliban militants two years ago. (Qureshia Amir/AFP/Getty Images)

: The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, announces that Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, Indian anti-child labour activist have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 at the Nobel Institute in Oslo on October 10, 2014. (Vegard Wivestand Grott/AFP/Getty Images)

: The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, poses with pictures of Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai (R) and Kailash Satyarthi (L), Indian anti-child labour activist, who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 at the Nobel Institute in Oslo on October 10, 2014. (Vegard Wivestand Grott/AFP/Getty Images)

: A picture taken on June 18, 1999 shows Kailash Satyarthi, Indian anti-child labour activist and head of the South Asian Coalition Against Child Servitude, addressesing a press conference in New Delhi. The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, announced that Kailash Satyarthi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 at the Nobel Institute in Oslo on October 10, 2014. (Raveen Dranravi/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian children’s right activist Kailash Satyarthi (R) is offered sweets by a well-wisher at his office in New Delhi October 10, 2014. Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls’ right to education, and Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Satyarthi, 60, and Yousafzai were picked for their struggle against the oppression of children and young people, and for the right of all children to education, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

: Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi gestures for photographers at this home office after the announcement of him receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, in New Delhi on October 10, 2014. Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi said October 10 his Nobel Peace Prize would help highlight the plight of children around the world, and invited fellow winner Malala Yousafzai to work with him. (Khanna Chadan/AFP/Getty Images)

: Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani student who was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban applauds a speech after being awarded with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. The Nobel Peace Prize went October 10, 2014 to 17-year-old Pakistani Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi for their work promoting children’s rights. (Patrick Hertzog/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai speaks before the United Nations Youth Assembly at UN headquarters in New York as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) and Vuk Jeremic (R), President of the UN General Assembly listen. The Nobel Peace Prize went October 10, 2014 to 17-year-old Pakistani Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi for their work promoting children’s rights. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pakistani female supporter of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) carries a photograph of gunshot victim, Malala Yousafzai as she prays for the recovery of Malala Yousafzai, in Karachi on October 10, 2012. The Nobel Peace Prize went October 10, 2014 to 17-year-old Pakistani Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi for their work promoting children’s rights. (Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pakistani civil society activists carry placards with a photograph of the gunshot victim Malala Yousafzai as they shout ant-Taliban slogans during a protest rally against the assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai, in Islamabad. The Nobel Peace Prize went October 10, 2014 to 17-year-old Pakistani Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi for their work promoting children’s rights. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images)

: Pakistani student who was shot in the head by the Pakistani Taliban, Malala Yousafzai addresses the assembly before receiving the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013 at the Manison House in Dublin, Ireland. The Nobel Peace Prize went October 10, 2014 to 17-year-old Pakistani Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi for their work promoting children’s rights. (Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi talks to journalists at this home office after the announcement of him receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, in New Delhi on October 10, 2014. Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi said October 10 his Nobel Peace Prize would help highlight the plight of children around the world, and invited fellow winner Malala Yousafzai to work with him. (Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images)

: Indian children’s right activist Kailash Satyarthi (C) is congratulated by an unidentified man at his office in New Delhi October 10, 2014. Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls’ right to education, and Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. Satyarthi, 60, and Yousafzai were picked for their struggle against the oppression of children and young people, and for the right of all children to education, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. (Adnan Abidi/Reuters)

: Malala Yousafzai arriving for the We Day UK event at Wembley Arena in London March 7, 2014. Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by the Taliban two years ago for advocating girls’ right to education, and Indian children’s right advocate Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Ocotber 10, 2014. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)

: Pakistani NGO activists eat sweets as they celebrate after news that Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize, in Peshawar on October 10, 2014. Malala Yousafzai was hailed as the “pride of Pakistan” by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, as a former fellow pupil said the award was a victory for every girl in the country. Political leaders and activists alike rallied around Malala, the youngest ever Nobel laureate, expressing their support for the education campaigner who moved to Great Britain after being shot in the head by Taliban militants two years ago. (Hasham Ahmed/AFP/Getty Images)

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