Malala Yousafzai a Pakistani child education activist has made history as the youngest person to ever win the Nobel peace prize at just 17.
Yousafzai was shot
in the head in October 2012 by Taliban gunmen because she was
campaigning for girls’ education rights.
Satyarthi, 60, campaigns for children’s
rights by using Mahatma Ghandi’s model of peaceful protests to inspire
change. He is well known in humanitarian circles, for his campaigns
against the exploitation of children for financial gain.
The Nobel committee lauded Yousafzai and Satyarthi’s “struggle against the suppression of children and young people”.
No comments:
Post a Comment