On 10 October 2014 , Yousafzai was announced as the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for her struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education . Having received the prize at the age of 17 , Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel laureate . Yousafzai shared the prize with Kailash Satyarthi , a children 's rights activist from India . She is the second Pakistani to receive a Nobel Prize after 1979 Physics laureate Abdus Salam
2014 Nobel Peace Prize
2014 Nobel Peace Prize
Malala Yousafzai