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The 16 year old would be the youngest person ever to win the prize.

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Malala has become an internationally recognised symbol canada goose outlet 80 off of opposition to the Taliban’s drive to deny women education, says Kristian Berg Harpviken, head of the Peace Research Institute of Oslo in Norway.

“A prize to Malala would not only be timely and fitting with a line of awards to champions of human rights and democracy, but also. would set both children and education on the peace and conflict agenda,” he said.

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Since being canada goose outlet england shot in the head by the Taliban on October 9, 2012, Malala has refused to remain silent on a number of topics, including the Taliban, education and women’s rights.

canada goose factory sale She says it is the Taliban’s rule of fear in Pakistan that led her to speak out in the first place, telling US television host Jon Stewart in an interview aired this week on The Daily Show that: “In Pakistan, when we were stopped from going to school, I realised that education is very important, and education is power for women. canada goose factory sale

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On the Panorama program, Malala described the consequences for those who dared to stand up to the Taliban in Pakistan.

“The Taliban’s punishments were like slaughtering people on the Green Chowk [the main square in Malala’s home town of Mingora], throwing acid on women’s faces or abusing them or killing them,” she said.

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In a 2009 interview with the ABC’s Foreign Correspondent, Malala spoke of how her once beautiful Swat Valley was being destroyed by the Taliban.

“We are extremely scared. We don’t even pass by our schools because we fear Taliban will come and bomb the school,” she said.

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She says the real victims in the battle between the Pakistan army and the Taliban are civilians.

“On one side there is army and on the other Taliban. Neither kills each other. We don’t know why they fight each other. canada goose outlet winnipeg address But common people are being killed,” she said.

Despite the threats, and her grave injuries from being shot she spent months in hospital and underwent several operations to repair her skull Malala has said the only way to achieve peace in Pakistan is by talking with the militants.

Now living canada goose outlet and attending canada goose clothing uk school in Birmingham, England, Malala told the BBC: “The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue. That’s not an issue for me, that’s the job of the government. and that’s also the job of America.”

She continued: “They [Taliban] must do what they want through dialogue. Killing people, torturing people and flogging people it’s totally against Islam. They are misusing the name of Islam.”

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On July 12, Malala celebrated her 16th birthday with a passionate speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York, in which she said education can change the world.

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“Let us pick up our books and pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Education is the only solution,” she told UN secretary general Ban Ki moon and youth leaders from more than 100 countries attending the international Youth Assembly.

Education has improved in Swat since the Taliban days. Since 2011 the proportion of girls going to school has risen to nearly 50 per cent, from 34 per cent, while that of boys is close to 90 per cent.

Malala has penned a petition addressed to Mr Ban and calling on the UN to “fund news teachers, schools, books and recommit to getting every boy and girl in canada goose parka uk school by December 2015”.