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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMalala, teen champion of girls' rights, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani girl who rose to international fame after the Taliban nearly killed her for her efforts to promote girls education, has been formally nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.
Her name was put forward by three members of the Norwegian parliament from the ruling Labor Party on their website Friday, which was the deadline for nominations.
Malalas name was put forward because of "her courageous commitment to the right of girls to education. A commitment that seemed so threatening to the extremists that they chose to try and kill her," said parliamentarian Freddy de Ruiter on the Labor party web site.
De Ruiter made the nomination with fellow members of parliament Gorm Kjernli and Magne Rommetveit.
Malala was attacked in October with two other girls while traveling home from school in Pakistans Swat valley. The gunman boarded the van and asked for her by name before firing three shots at her singling her out for writing a blog that criticized the Taliban for barring girls for getting an education.
Her name was put forward by three members of the Norwegian parliament from the ruling Labor Party on their website Friday, which was the deadline for nominations.
Malalas name was put forward because of "her courageous commitment to the right of girls to education. A commitment that seemed so threatening to the extremists that they chose to try and kill her," said parliamentarian Freddy de Ruiter on the Labor party web site.
De Ruiter made the nomination with fellow members of parliament Gorm Kjernli and Magne Rommetveit.
Malala was attacked in October with two other girls while traveling home from school in Pakistans Swat valley. The gunman boarded the van and asked for her by name before firing three shots at her singling her out for writing a blog that criticized the Taliban for barring girls for getting an education.
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ProfessionalLeftist
Feb 2013
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ArnoldLayne
(2,068 posts)1. She should get the Nobel Peace Prize. Case closed
no questions asked.
burrowowl
(17,644 posts)2. K&R
bluestate10
(10,942 posts)3. She deserves the honor. Her fight and story is uplifting to humanity. nt
Zorra
(27,670 posts)4. Yay for Malala! Hope she gets it. And there's a bonus ~ the religious fascists get smacked down
by the nomination.
JI7
(89,262 posts)5. i am hoping she wins it
Beacool
(30,250 posts)6. It would be well deserved.
She's one courageous girl.
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)7. Happy tears!
ArnoldLayne
(2,068 posts)8. K&R