OSLO, Norway (AP) — The Norwegian Nobel Committee is honoring an Indian Hindu and a Pakistani Muslim with the Nobel Peace Prize for what it describes as their common struggle for education and against extremism.
Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye) and Kailash Satyarthi (KY’-lash saht-YAHR’-thee) will split the Nobel award of $1.1 million.
News of Malala’s selection set off dancing and celebrations on the streets of Mingora, her hometown in Pakistan’s volatile Swat Valley. It was there two years ago where a Taliban gunman climbed on Malala’s school bus and shot her in the head for her advocacy of girls’ education.
When the Nobel was announced this morning, Malala was in chemistry class at her school in England and she chose to finish her school day before speaking. She said the award is for children “whose voices need to be heard,” saying they have a “right to receive quality education” and “live a happy life,” free from child labor and child trafficking.
Satyarhi was honored for his work to end child slavery and exploitative child labor. He says, “a lot of work still remains” but the 60-year-old vows to “see the end of child labor” in his lifetime.
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177-w-35-(Ed Donahue, AP correspondent, with Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi)–The survivor of a Taliban attack and an advocate for children’s rights are reacting to being jointly awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The AP’s Ed Donahue reports. (10 Oct 2014)
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155-a-10-(Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye), co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, in statement on the award)-“honor for me”-Nobel co-winner Malala Yousafzai says that as a Pakistani and a young person it feels wonderful to receive this prestigious award. (10 Oct 2014)
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158-a-17-(Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye), co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, in statement on the award)-“a normal day”-Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Malala Yousafzai says that when she got the big news she decided to finish out her school day, which included classes in physics and English. (10 Oct 2014)
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157-a-18-(Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye), co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, in statement on the award)-“respect each other”-Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Malala Yousafzai expresses gratitude to the Nobel committee for awarding the prize to two activists — one from Pakistan and the other from India — two nations that sometimes find themselves at odds with each other. (10 Oct 2014)
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156-a-19-(Malala Yousafzai (mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye), co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, in statement on the award)-“and getting education”-Co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai says she’ll press on with her campaign to make education available to all. (10 Oct 2014)
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144-a-11-(Kailash Satyarthi (KY’-lahsh saht-YAHR’-tee), children’s rights activist, and co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, in interview)-“in my life”-Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Kailash Satyarthi says his role models are inspirational Indians spanning many centuries, from Buddha to Mahatma Gandhi. (10 Oct 2014)
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145-a-13-(Kailash Satyarthi (KY’-lahsh saht-YAHR’-tee), children’s rights activist, and co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, in interview)-“she will agree”-Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Kailash Satyarthi says he wants to work with his fellow Nobel Peace Prize-winner, Malala Yousafzai, on a new project. ((Malala Yousafzai is pronounced mah-LAH’-lah YOO’-suhf-zeye)) (10 Oct 2014)
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143-a-17-(Kailash Satyarthi (KY’-lahsh saht-YAHR’-tee), children’s rights activist, and co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, in interview)-“my own country”-Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Kailash Satyarthi says the most deserving recipients of the award — the people with whom he shares the honor — are the young people who’ve suffered abuse, which he says still exists in India and other countries and must end. (10 Oct 2014)
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APPHOTO NY120: In this photo combo, Malala Yousafzai, left, and Kailash Satyarthi, address the media, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. Despite their many differences, 17-year-old Yousafzai and 60-year-old Satyarthi will be forever linked, co-winners of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, honored for risking their lives for the rights of children to education and to lives free of abuse. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, Bernat Armangue) (16 Jan 2014)
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APPHOTO XMM510: FILE – In this Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, Pakistani children attend class in a school in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. Taliban attack survivor Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, for risking their lives to fight for children’s rights. Malala, who moved to Britain for treatment and later settled there, tirelessly continued her campaign for a woman’s right to an education in Pakistan and won international recognition for her struggle. But in Pakistan that effort has not stopped as young girls and women struggle to get an education. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) (10 Oct 2014)
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APPHOTO XMM509: In this Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, photo, Afghan refugee girls listen to their teacher during their daily Madrassa, or Islamic school, at a mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Taliban attack survivor Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, for risking their lives to fight for children’s rights. Malala, who moved to Britain for treatment and later settled there, tirelessly continued her campaign for a woman’s right to an education in Pakistan and won international recognition for her struggle. But in Pakistan that effort has not stopped as young girls and women struggle to get an education. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (11 Aug 2014)
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APPHOTO XMM507: FILE – In this Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 file photo, a young Pakistani girl works on her mid-term papers in a school in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan. Malala Yousafzai’s struggle for girls to be educated in a deeply conservative society led to her shooting by the Taliban two years ago, while her relentless campaign for women’s was rewarded Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, by the recognition of her work as she was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, FILE) (10 Oct 2014)
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APPHOTO XMM508: In this Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, photo, Afghan refugees and internally displaced Pakistani school children attend their classes at a makeshift school on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Taliban attack survivor Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 10, for risking their lives to fight for children’s rights. Malala, who moved to Britain for treatment and later settled there, tirelessly continued her campaign for a woman’s right to an education in Pakistan and won international recognition for her struggle. But in Pakistan that effort has not stopped as young girls and women struggle to get an education. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (10 Oct 2014)
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APPHOTO BRV111: Malala Yousafzai speaks during a media conference at the Library of Birmingham, in Birmingham, England, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, after she was named as winner of The Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize 2014, is awarded jointly to Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India, for risking their lives to fight for children’s rights. Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two-years ago in Pakistan for insisting that girls have the right to an education. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira) (10 Oct 2014)
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