Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi share Nobel Peace Prize

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 suppression of children and for young people's rights, including the right to education. Thorbjorn Jagland 

(CNN) — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded 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. Thorbjorn Jagland 

Human rights activists from Pakistan and India, Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, have been jointly awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.

At just age 17, Pakistani child education activist, Malala Yousafzai has made history as the youngest person to ever win the Nobel peace prize. Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights campaigner, has also won the prize, BBC