Shares peace prize with Pak’s Malala
Kailash Satyarthi. (Photo: PTI/File)
New Delhi: An India-Pakistan combination of Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai on Friday shared the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for their work on promoting child rights in the sub-continent.
Mr Satyarthi, 60, who runs an NGO called Bachpan Bachao Andolan that is at the forefront of rescuing children from forced labour and trafficking, and 17-year-old Malala, who came into limelight after Taliban militants shot her for advocating education for girls, were named by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee for the top global award this year.
“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education,” the jury said.
Mr Satyarthi has maintained the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and headed various forms of peaceful protests “focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain,” the Nobel Committee said. It added that it “regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism.”
Mr Satyarthi dedicated the award to Indians and vowed to work with renewed vigour against exploitation of children.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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