“There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children," said Indian child-rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, during his Nobel Peace Prize lecture in the Oslo Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon, December 10 in Stockholm. The founder of the Bachpan Bachao Andolan shared the award with Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafazi.

The pair received the $1.1 million prize at a ceremony in Oslo Town Hall.

"We have utterly failed in imparting an education to our children," Satyarthi said. "An education that gives the meaning and objective of life and a secure future. An education that builds a sense of global citizenship among the young people. I am afraid that the day is not far when the cumulative result of this failure will culminate in unprecedented violence that will be suicidal for humankind."


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Yousafzai said she was proud to be the first Pashtun, the first Pakistani, and the first young person to receive the award.

"I am pretty certain that I am also the first recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize who still fights with her younger brothers," said Yousafzai. “As far as I know, I am just a committed and stubborn person who wants to see every child getting quality education, who wants equal rights for women and who wants peace in every corner of the world”.


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Yousafazi before she went on stage to give her Nobel lecture.


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Bachpan Bachao Andolan supporters celebrate.


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Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel diploma.


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Oslo Town Hall.
Malala Yousafzai's Nobel diploma.