INSPIRATIONAL teenager Malala Yousafzai was today presented with the Nobel Peace Prize, making her the youngest ever recipient of the prestigious award.
Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi receive the Nobel Peace Prize awards in Oslo
- Ms Malala Yousafzai, 17, was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in October 2012 for campaigning for girls' education and now lives in the UK.
- She is the youngest-ever recipient of a Nobel prize.
- She said she had brought other girls with her to Oslo with similar stories, among them two classmates shot alongside her by the Taliban.
- Ms Yousafzai said she was dedicating the prize money to the Malala Fund, "to help give girls everywhere a quality education and call on leaders to help girls like me..."
- "I will continue this fight until I see every child in school," she added.
- "I feel much stronger after the attack that I endured, because I know, no-one can stop me, or stop us, because now we are millions, standing up together."
- They have split the $1.4m (£860,000) prize money.
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| Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi receive the Nobel Peace Prize awards in Oslo more info:bbc.com |
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