Question

Kailash Satyarti (India) and Malala Yusufsai (Pakistan) have been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace (2014) Find out the reason why.

Answer 1

• Kailash Satyarti (India):

1. Kailash Satyarti is an Indian Children's’ right activist.
2. He is a Noble Peace Prize recipient.
3. Founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan (save childhood movement.
4. Kailash Satyarti and his team at Bachpan Bachao Andolan have liberated more than 86,000 children in India from Child Labour, Slavery and Trafficking.
5. In 1998, Satyarti led the global march against child labour across 103 countries.
6. His work has been recognized through various national and international honours and awards.
7. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 with Malala Yusufsai of Pakistan.

• Malala Yusufsai (Pakistan):

1. Malala Yusufsai is a Pakistan Activist for female education.
2. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laurate.
3. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat valley.
4. She became a prominent activist for the right to education.
5. In 2012 she was the recipient of Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize.
6. In 2014 she was the co-recipient of the 2014 Noble Peace Prize along with Kailash Satyarti at the young age of 17 years.