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The 17-year-old girls' activist Malala Yousafzai has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. She was one of Nobel to be declared winners this year. The other is Kailash Satyarthi, who campaigns for children's rights. Malala was given the exactly two years and a day after a Taliban shot her in the head on her school bus. Following her in a British hospital, Malala has toured the world up for the rights for girls to receive an education. She once told reporters that going to school, "is like walking through a door to your ". Malala becomes the youngest ever recipient of the prize and the Pakistani to scoop the award.

The Nobel Committee said Ms Yousafzai and Mr Satyarthi won the prize, "for their against the suppression of children and young people, and for the right of all children to education." Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif congratulated Malala, calling her the " of Pakistan". He said: "She has made her proud. Her is unparalleled and ." He urged all children to follow her . Mr Satyarthi told Al Jazeera that his award was for the, "many of children who are victims of …across the world". He added: "The Nobel Committee regards it as an important for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a struggle for education."

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