Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland holds photos of children's rights activists Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan (right) and Kailash Satyarthi of India at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo after they were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2014.
Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, announces at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo that the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 is awarded to children's rights activists Yousafzai, 17, of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India.
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai shakes hands with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, at the Presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria. "It is an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and extremism", said the Committee in a press release.
Based in New Delhi, Mr. Sathyarthi is credited with having saved thousands of children from bonded labour in factories through his Bachpan Bachao Andolan and other organisations.
15-year old Pakistani shooting victim Malala Yousafzai recovers in Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, after being shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan for advocating education for girls.
Surviving several operations with the help of British medical care, Malala Yousifzai continued both her activism and her studies.
Appropriately, Malala was at school in the central English city of Birmingham at the time of the Nobel announcement and was expected to make a statement later on Friday.
Satyarthi, 60, has been at the forefront of a global movement to end child slavery and exploitative child labor since 1980, when he gave up his career as an electrical engineer.
“Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime,” Satyarthi said.
Published - October 10, 2014 05:49 pm IST
