Nobel Peace Prize. Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Usufzai share the 2014 Nobel peace prize.
They have been awarded the prize for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Kailash Satyarthi, maintaining has headed various forms of protests and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain. He has also contributed to the development of important international conventions on children’s rights.His organization, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, has freed over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude and helped in successful re-integration, rehabilitation and education.He has been a member of a UNESCO body and has been on the board of the Fast Track Initiative (now known as the Global Partnership for Education). He has also received Defenders of Democracy Award from US in 2009.
Malala Yousafzay, born 12 July 1997 from Pakistan , has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education, and has shown by example that children and young people, too, can contribute to improving their own situations. This she has done under the most dangerous circumstances( and she was attacked by Taliban and very critically injured). Through her heroic struggle she has become a leading spokesperson for girls’ rights to education.
They have been awarded the prize for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.
Kailash Satyarthi, maintaining has headed various forms of protests and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain. He has also contributed to the development of important international conventions on children’s rights.His organization, Bachpan Bachao Andolan, has freed over 80,000 children from various forms of servitude and helped in successful re-integration, rehabilitation and education.He has been a member of a UNESCO body and has been on the board of the Fast Track Initiative (now known as the Global Partnership for Education). He has also received Defenders of Democracy Award from US in 2009.
Malala Yousafzay, born 12 July 1997 from Pakistan , has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education, and has shown by example that children and young people, too, can contribute to improving their own situations. This she has done under the most dangerous circumstances( and she was attacked by Taliban and very critically injured). Through her heroic struggle she has become a leading spokesperson for girls’ rights to education.
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