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Malala Yousafzai the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner

Pakistani teenager and education activist Malala Yousafzai; and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi have been awarded the 2014 Noble Peace Prize.
Malala Yousafzai speaks at the Library of Birmingham after being announced as the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala Yousafzai speaks at the Library of Birmingham after being announced as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Malala, who now lives in the UK, garnered worldwide media attention after she was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls’ right to education.

The 17-year-old, who is the youngest ever recipient of the prize, said she was “honoured” to receive the award.

“I’m really happy to be sharing this award with a person from India,” she said.

“Despite her youth, Malala Yousafzai 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,” a statement by the Nobel Committee said.

“This she has done under the most dangerous circumstances.  Through her heroic struggle she has become a leading spokesperson for girls’ rights to education.”

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