The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize has been
awarded to Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai for
her struggles against the suppression of
children and for young people’s right to
education.
Malala, who is the youngest recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize shared the award with
India’s Kailash Satyarthi.
Yousafzai became a force to reckon with
after she was shot in the head by a militia
group known as the Taliban two years ago
for her efforts to promote education for girls
in Pakistan.
She miraculously survived the attack and
fully recovered from the severe head injury
to continue advocating for girls’ education.
In her reaction to the award, Yousafzai
said: “I’m proud that I’m the first Pakistani
and the first young woman or the first young
person getting this award.
“It is an encouragement to continue my
campaign and to know that I’m not
alone,” she said in Birmingham, England
where she was taking a Chemistry class.
It would be recalled that Malala recently
visited Nigeria during her birthday in order
to push for the release of the abducted
school girls in Chibok, Borno State.
One of her popular quotes goes thus “A girl
has the power to go forward in her life and
she is not only a mother. She is not only a
sister. She is not only a wife, but a girl
should have an identity.”
The Nobel Peace Prize carries with it a
monetary reward of 8 million Swedish
kronor (about $1.1 million).
Congratulations to a HERO of our time… God
Bless Your Soul, Malala.
Source: CampusportalNG
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