Malala Becomes Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Shares Prize with Satyarthi

After two days of celebration honoring their work on children's rights, Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafza and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi received their Nobel Peace Prizes at the awarding ceremony held in the Oslo City Hall.

Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee said according to Channel News Asia: "A young girl and a somewhat older man, one from Pakistan and one from India, one Muslim, the other Hindu; both symbols of what the world needs: more unity. Fraternity between the nations!"

Malala, 17, is by far the youngest Nobel laureate. She became a global icon after a Taliban gunman shot her in the head in October 2012 for her campaign on girl's education. However, some groups in Pakistan accused her of being a puppet of the West and violating the tenets of conservative Islam, reports Euronews.

 "I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not," said Malala, better known by her first name, which is also the title of her book and the name of her foundation.

"It is the story of many girls," she added.

Satyarthi, 60, is credited for a 35-year battle that freed around 80,000 children from virtual slave labor.

I've lost two of my colleagues," Satyarthi said about his work. "Carrying the dead body of a colleague who is fighting for the protection of children is something I'll never forget, even as I sit here to receive the Nobel Peace Prize."

The Nobel Prize is presented every year on December 10, the death anniversary of its founder Alfred Nobel. Nobel winners receive eight million Swedish kronor (US$1.1 million), which is shared in the case of joint wins.

Read the full transcript of Malala's speech here.