LIVE STREAMING from the press conference with Malala Yousafzai, #NobelPeacePrize 2014. Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage education campaigner shot on school bus in 2012 by a Taliban gunman, has won the 2014 Nobel peace prize. Malala won along with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist. The two were named winner of the £690,000 (8m kronor or $1.11m) prize by the chairman of the Nobel committee - Norway’s former prime minister Thorbjoern Jagland - on Friday … [Read more...]
Malala Yousafzai, #NobelPeacePrize 2014
October 10, 2014 by Team Celebration
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The International Children’s Peace Prize 2013
September 6, 2013 by Team Celebration
The International Children’s Peace Prize is awarded annually to a child who has made a significant contribution to advocating children's rights and improving the situation of vulnerable children such as orphans, child labourers and children with HIV/AIDS. The prize is an initiative of the KidsRights Foundation, an international children's aid and advocacy organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. KidsRights should not be confused with the group which grants the Nobel Peace … [Read more...]
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Taking Action on Violence Against Women in Pakistan!
June 17, 2013 by Team Celebration
Women's university in Pakistan shut after deadly attacks Quetta's Sardar Bahadur Khan University has been closed indefinitely after the all-female educational institution suffered deadly twin attacks on Saturday. "No classes were being taken nor students were visiting university after the Saturday attack," a statement from the university said on Monday. The closure is seen as a safety precaution, as the Pakistani city has seen many attacks. In Saturday's first incident, a bomb on a … [Read more...]
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