Pakistani activist for female education Malala Yousafzai attends a press conference ahead of the award ceremony for the 2014 World's Children Prize for the Rights of the Child at Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred, west of Stockholm, on October 29, 2014. Watch: Malala Yousafzai Triggers Change in Trailer for Davis Guggenheim Doc 'He Named Me Malala'. … Read more
The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded jointly to Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian children right's campaigner Kailash Satyarthi. In announcing the winners Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said the prize was awarded for FILE – In this file photo taken Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, Malala Yousafzai speaks about her fight for girls' … Read more
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage education campaigner shot on school bus in 2012 by a Taliban gunman, has won the 2014 Nobel peace prize. She was named as joint winner togethe with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian Malala Yousafzai was in her chemistry class Friday morning in Birmingham, England, when she found out she would share … Read more
Malala Yousafzai, 17, won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday along with the Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, 60, for "their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of Malala Yousafzai, 17, won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday along with the Indian children's rights activist … Read more
Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize today, but she had repeatedly said in the past that she does not believe she deserves it — at least, not at the moment. "I'm very proud of her. I love Malala. I want to be like her," one young woman said. On October 10, Malala Yousafzai became … Read more
Though Malala Yousafzai is 17, she does not use Facebook or even a mobile phone lest she lose focus on her studies. She spent her summer vacation flying to Nigeria to campaign for the release of girls kidnapped by the extremist Islamist group Boko I wrote for the Katmandu-based Himal Southasia soon after the attack: … Read more
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today. Along with honoring Kailash Satyarthi of India, the committee decided to focus on children's rights and religious conflicts for this year's award. (CNN) — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai for their struggles against the … Read more
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating girls' right to education, and Indian children's right activist Kailash Satyarthi won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. With the prize, Yousafzai "They wanted to silence one Malala, but instead now thousands and millions of Malalas are … Read more