Nobel Peace Prize 2014

The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi. Malala is a child's rights activist who advocates for education despite having been shot by the Taliban in 2012. She is the youngest person to ever receive a Nobel Peace Prize.

Kailash is also a child's rights activist. He has worked to end child labor and ensure that all children have the opportunity to go to school. There is an estimated 168 million children working as child laborers around the world. These children are often forced to work in hazardous conditions like mines and factories, as well as with harmful substances such as chemicals and pesticides. This is not only detrimental to their health, but it also prevents them from receiving an education.

For more information on the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize read this article by Human Rights Watch:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/10/10/nobel-peace-prize-victory-education

For more information on Malala and her work visit: http://www.malala.org/

For more information of Kailash and his work visit: http://www.globalmarch.org/aboutus/kailash-satyarthi