1. Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi win Nobel Peace Prize.
Pakastani teenager Malala Yousafzai and Indian children’s rights activist Kailash Satyarthi were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their advocacy of children’s education rights. Ms Yousafzai, who at 17 years of age is the youngest ever recipient of the award, was shot in the head by the Taliban two years ago for advocating girl’s education rights. She is also the first teenager ever to be awarded the prize.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said that the pair were awarded the prize for their efforts in bringing awareness to the suppression of children and young people.
“In conflict-ridden areas in particular, the violation of children leads to the continuation of violence from generation to generation,” the Committee said when awarding the prize.
“This award is for all those children who are voiceless, whose voices need to be heard,” Ms Yousafzai told reporters in Birmingham, Britain, where she now lives and goes to school.
2.Vigil for murdered Brisbane woman, Mayang Prosetyo
A vigil has been held overnight for Mayang Prosetyo who was brutally killed by her partner last week. 150 friends, family and strangers – many from Brisbane’s gay, lesbian and transgender community – have joined together in a candle lit vigil to remember Ms Prosetyo, who friends described as “a kind and other worldly soul” and a “natural entrepreneur”.
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So Samra and Sabina didn't need to be "blown to Hell" after all - they are already in Hell! May they live out the conflict first-hand now.
Yay! I'm so incredibly happy for Malala, what an inspirational young woman! To be able to come back from something like that and still have the courage to fight for what she believes in is astounding, and she's only 17! A true role model for all young girls today - L x