2014 Nobel Peace Prize

20px The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai Norwegian Nobel Committee 1901 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/summary/ 2014 laureate 120px132px Satyarthi (left) and Yousafzai (right) "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education." 10 October 2014 (announcement by Thorbjørn Jagland) 10 December 2014 (ceremony) Oslo, Norway 8 million SEK ($1.25M, €0.9M) 2013 Nobel Peace Prize 2015 The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize was shared, in two equal parts, between Kailash Satyarthi (b. 1954) and Malala YousafzaiMalala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace prize https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2014/oct/10/nobel-peace-prize-2014-live-coverage The Guardian 10 October 2014 (b. 1997) "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education".The Nobel Peace Prize 2014 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/ Nobelprize.org Nobel Prize Committee Satyarthi is from India, the seventh person from his country to win a Nobel Prize and the second to win the Peace Prize after Mother Teresa, while Yousafzai is a Muslim from Pakistan, the second Nobel Prize winner from her country after Abdus Salam, the forty-seventh woman to win the Nobel Prize, and at the age of 17 years, the youngest winner of a Nobel Prize in any field. Motivation In a press release, the Committee indicated that it had chosen the combination of a Hindu and a Muslim, and of an Indian and a Pakistani, on purpose, because they "join in a common struggle for education and against extremism". They stressed that "fraternity between nations" was one of the original criteria stipulated by Alfred Nobel.The Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/press.html Nobel Prize Committee The usage of child labour and discrimination against female education was the citation for the award. As of 2014 it is reckoned 168 million children are used for child labour, 60 million in India alone. This was mentioned by Thorbjørn Jagland in his handover ceremony speech. Nominations The Nobel Prize Committee announced that it had received a record number of 278 different nominations for the Peace Prize, up from 259 in 2013. 47 of these nominations were for organizations.Nomination and Selection of Peace Prize Laureates https://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/ Nobel Prize Committee Favourites Prior to the announcement, many news media speculated about who would win this year, providing lists of favourites. Often cited were Pope Francis,Murray Rheana Home> International 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Contenders https://abcnews.go.com/International/2014-nobel-peace-prize-contenders/story?id=26083056 ABC Australia 9 October 2014Karimi Faith Nobel Peace Prize: And the winner could be ... https://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/09/world/europe/nobel-peace-prize-predictions/index.html CNN 10 October 2014Adam Karla Oddsmakers have already picked a winner for the Nobel Peace Prize https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/10/09/bettors-have-already-picked-a-winner-for-the-nobel-peace-prize/ Washington Post 9 October 2014 Ban Ki-moon, Chelsea Manning, Denis Mukwege, Edward Snowden, José Mujica, the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, and the so-called Japanese people who conserve Article 9, together with the eventual winner Malala Yousafzai. The other winner, Kailash Satyarthi, was not among the commonly cited favourites. See also 30em Child labour Child labour in India Child labour in Pakistan Education in Pakistan List of female Nobel laureates Nobel laureates of India Nobel Peace Prize Concert § 2014 Terrorism in Pakistan References Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize 2014 Category:Malala Yousafzai Category:October 2014 in Europe