Malala Yousafzai Becomes Youngest Nobel Prize Winner

She is a sign of strength and courage, a girl who came to be known after she was shot in an assassination attempt in October 2012 because her calls for equal rights angered militants in her homeland, Pakistan. The attack did not stop her, she has continued to lend her voice and to fight for the rights of equal rights.

She was awarded the Noble peace prize for her “heroic struggle” in favour of girls’ rights to education. At 17 years old she is the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Prize award.

The Nobel Prize committee said: “Despite her youth, Malala Yousafzai has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education, and has shown by example that children and young people, too, can contribute to improving their own situations.

Since her recovery she has spoken before the UN, met the Queen and US president Barack Obama, been named by Time magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people and published her memoir, I am Malala.

She also has a day dedicated to her cause – Last year the UN made July 12 – the activist’s birthday – “Malala Day“, celebrating the campaign for a child’s right to receive an education.

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel, for a number of categories by Swedish and Norwegian committees in recognition of cultural and/or scientific advances.

Wishing you the best Malala and indeed hoping that equal rights becomes a reality.

Source: Heraldscotland

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