The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai "for their fight against the suppression of children and young people, and the children's right to education."
Kailash Satyarthi
He is an Indian child right activist and a global frontrunner against child labour. In 1980 he founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan and acted to protect the rights of more than 83,000 children from 144 countries.
- Born-11 January 1954 (age 60)
- Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Nationality-Indian
- Education-Electrical engineering
- Alma mater-Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha
- Occupation-Activist
- Known for-Activism for children's rights and children's education
- Religion-Hinduism[5]
- Awards -The Aachener International Peace Prize, Germany (1994)
- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (1995)
- Alfonso Comin International Award (2008)
- Medal of the Italian Senate (2007)
- Defenders of Democracy Award (2009)
- Nobel Peace Prize (2014)
It is mainly because of Satyarthi 's work and activism that the International Labor Organization adopted Convention No. 182 on the worst forms of child labor, which is now the main guideline for governments around the world.
Malala Yousafzai
She is a Pakistani women's education activist and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize, winner.
- Born-12 July 1997 (age 17)
- Mingora, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
- Residence-Birmingham, England
- Nationality-Pakistani
- Occupation – Bloggers and women's rights campaigners
- Known for-Female education activism
- Religion-Islam
- Relatives-Toorpekai Yousafzai (mother), Ziauddin Yousafzai (father)
- Awards
- Nobel Peace Prize
- Sakharov Prize
- Simone de Beauvoir Prize
- Honorary Canadian citizenship
- National Youth Peace Prize
She is known mainly for campaigning for human rights for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where the local Taliban often banned girls from schooling.The activism of Yousafzai has since developed into an international movement.