Pakistani education
activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash
Satyarthi have received the Nobel Peace Prize awards
.
The Nobel committee described both laureates as "champions of peace".
Ms Yousafzai said she was there to stand up for the rights of
forgotten and frightened children, and raise their voice rather than
pity them.
Mr Satyarthi said receiving the prize was "a great opportunity" to further his work against child slavery.
The laureates were described as "champions of peace"
Ms Yousafzai and Mr Satyarthi received their awards from the
chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee, in the presence of King
Harald V of Norway.
They delivered their Nobel lectures during the award ceremony.
'I am many'
In her speech, Ms Yousafzai said that the award was not just for her.
"It is for those forgotten children who want education. It is
for those frightened children who want peace. It is for those voiceless
children who want change," she said.
"I am here to stand up for their rights, raise their voice.
It is not time to pity them. It is time to take action so it becomes the
last time that we see a child deprived of education."
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