Showing posts with label Nobel Prizes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nobel Prizes. Show all posts

Friday, 10 October 2014

Malala Yousafzai wins Nobel Peace Prize 2014

Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai has won the Nobel Peace Prize, one of the world's most respected awards.


She has been recognised for her hard work promoting the right for girls to have an education.
The prize judges said about Malala: "Through her heroic struggle she has become a leading spokesperson for girls' rights to education."

Malala won it jointly with Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi.


Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi is sharing the Nobel Peace Prize with Malala
Malala, 17, is the youngest person to ever get the Nobel Peace Prize.
She was attacked by the Taliban, an extremist group, in Pakistan two years ago for her campaign work.
Malala was seriously injured in the attack, but she was flown to the UK for treatment and has recovered well.
She now goes to school in Birmingham and continues her campaigning.



What is the Nobel Peace Prize?



What have Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama got in common? They've all won a Nobel Prize.
They're given out every year to people or organisations who have achieved amazing things in different areas.
The Nobel Peace Prize is probably the most famous, but there are others, including ones for medicine, science and economics.
Alfred Nobel statue

The Nobel Prize is named after Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite.
All this week, the winners are being announced. Ricky's been finding out why they're such a big deal.
From CBBC newsround