Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai have been awarded the coveted Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. Satyarthi has been at the forefront against child labour since the 1990s. His organisation ‘Bachpan Bachao Andolan’ has rescued over 80,000 children from trafficking and slavery. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that the two have won for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education. “Showing great personal courage, Kailash Satyarthi, maintaining Gandhi’s tradition, has headed various forms of protests and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain.  He has also contributed to the development of important international conventions on children’s rights,” added the committee about the Satyarthi’s contribution. On Malala’s contribution, they said, “Malala Yousafzai has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education, and has shown by example…