--- description: The prize was awarded to them for their efforts for the education of women and against the exploitation of children respectively. title: Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcd7c1a5ff7a708e8/69875fde5f570f2b1ab12a11/malala_nobel_peace_prize.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Nobel Peace Prize](/tag/nobel-peace-prize/) ## Nobel Peace Prize Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Win Nobel Peace Prize by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) and [Aryn Baker](/author/aryn-baker/) Oct 10, 2014 9:47 AM CUT  Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai poses for pictures during a photo opportunity at the United Nations in the Manhattan borough of New York August 18, 2014. Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai poses for pictures during a photo opportunity at the United Nations in the Manhattan borough of New York August 18, 2014.Carlo Allegri—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) and [Aryn Baker](/author/aryn-baker/) Oct 10, 2014 9:47 AM CUT Exactly two years and a day after Taliban gunmen shot her in the head for daring to speak up for the rights of a girl to get an education, Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan was awarded the Nobel Peace prize Friday. She shares the award with veteran children’s rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi, 60, from neighboring India. Both Yousafzai and Satyarthi were lauded “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education,” according to the Nobel Committee’s [statement](http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel%5Fprizes/peace/laureates/2014/press.html "undefined"). Though it may not have been intentional, the joint award evokes certain symmetry: Yousufzai, who has since moved to England to continue her education in a safer environment, is at the beginning of a life she has repeatedly said will be spent furthering her cause. Satyarthi is looking back on a career studded with achievements and dedicated to protecting children from exploitation. His work on developing international conventions for children’s rights is what enabled Yousufzai to launch her own campaign, first in her native Pakistan, and then around the world. That the two come from rival countries and oft-clashing faiths only strengthens the message that the need for children’s education trumps both nation and creed. “The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism,” said the Peace Prize statement. For Yousufzai, who continues to receive threats from the Pakistani Taliban who attempted to silence her demands to be educated two years ago, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize offers no better, and no louder, rebuttal. ### See Malala's Life In Photos  Malala Yousafzai raises her hands with some of the escaped kidnapped school girls of government secondary school Chibok during a news conference in Abuja, Nigeria on July 14, 2014. Olamikan Gbemiga—AP  Malala Yousafzai walks alongside Syrian refugee Mazoon Rakan after attending a press conference at the Zaatari refugee camp near the Jordanian border with Syria on Feb. 18, 2014. AFP/Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai attends an award ceremony to receive her 2013 Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on Nov. 20, 2013. Vincent Kessler—Reuters  Malala Yousafzai poses for pictures before an event launching her memoir "I Am Malala" at the Southbank Centre in London on Oct. 20, 2013. Olivia Harris—Reuters/Corbis  Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip meet Malala Yousafzai during a Reception for Youth, Education and the Commonwealth at Buckingham Palace in London on Oct. 18, 2013. Yui Mok—Getty Images  The Obama family meets with Malala Yousafzai in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 11, 2013. The White House/Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai raises a trophy after being honored with the International Children's Peace Prize in the Netherlands, on Sept. 6, 2013. AFP/Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai was on the cover of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People list in 2013. TIME  Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai speaks before the United Nations Youth Assembly in New york on July 12, 2013. Stan Honda—AFP/Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai sits up in her hospital bed with her father and her two younger brothers, on Oct. 26, 2012, in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The 15 year-old Malala was being treated after she was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan two weeks earlier. Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai lives in the Swat Valley with her family seen here on March 26, 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan. 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