Friday, December 23, 2016

What sort of prize did Malala receive in 2011?

Malala Yousafzai is well known for battling oppression in her native Pakistan and elsewhere, fighting for the rights of young girls to receive a proper education in places where they are traditionally banned from attending school. She survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012 and subsequently became a co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, which made her internationally known.
However, her activism was documented as early as age eleven, as she began blogging anonymously on a local BBC website in January of 2009 about the Taliban's corrupting influence on her home of Swat Valley. Her advocacy for human rights continued, eventually becoming public, and resulted in South African activist Desmond Tutu nominating her from the International Children's Peace Prize in October of 2011, which is awarded each year to a youth who has significantly contributed to advancing the rights and well-being of children around the world.
While Yousafzai didn't win that award, it greatly boosted her public profile and drew the attention of national politicians in Pakistan. Then, on December 19, 2011, when she was fourteen years old, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani presented her with the country's very first National Peace Award for Youth, which would be given annually to a Pakistani citizen under the age of 18 who contributed to peace and education in the country. The award was accompanied by a 500,000 rupee prize (approximately $5,780 at the time).
https://www.cnn.com/2011/11/24/world/asia/pakistan-peace-prize/index.html

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