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Nobel Peace Prize winners Malala Yousafzai from
Pakistan, front, and Kailash Satyarthi of India are awarded their Nobel Peace
Prize during the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway, Wednesday,
Dec. 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai says she hopes
that her prize will inspire young girls all over the world to fight for their
rights — and to step forward to lead.
The 17-year-old girl shot by the Taliban in October
2012 for asserting her right to an education told AP that the
time is now for women to proclaim their rights and that "change is
coming."
Yousafzai insisted Wednesday she felt the bond of a
global sisterhood of sorts, with women gathering the strength to fight for
equality. She says "it's their voice that I will be raising today."
Yousafzai, who is from Pakistan, is sharing the
prize with Kailash Satyarthi of India. Both have campaigned for the rights of
children and young people, particularly education.
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Nobel Peace Prize
winners Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan, center left, and Kailash Satyarthi of
India arrive for the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo, Norway,
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The Nobel Peace Prize is being shared between Malala
Yousafzai, the 17-year-old Taliban attack survivor, and the youngest Nobel
Prize winner ever, and Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi in a
ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Cornelius Poppe, Scanpix)
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