2014 Nobel Peace Prize winners announce
The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize awarded on 10/10/2014 Friday
to India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for their
struggles against the suppression of children and for young people's rights including
the right to education.
Yousafzai came to global attention after she was shot in
the head by the Taliban, two years ago for her efforts to promote education for
girls in Pakistan. After recovering from surgery, she has taken her campaign to
the world stage, notably with a speech last year at the United Nations.
According to the Nobel committee, at age of 17, she is the
youngest ever peace prize winner.
Yousafzai said that the award is a "great honor for
me," and "I am proud that I'm the first Pakistani and the first young
woman, youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize,"
she said in Birmingham, England.