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Malala Yousafzai awarded 2013 International Children's Peace Prize

Teenage activist MalalaYousafzai, shot in the head by a Taliban militant last October after campaigning for girls' right to education, has won the prestigious International Children's Peace Prize, KidsRights announced on Tuesday. Malala "risked her life in the fight for access to education for girls all over the world", KidsRights  said in a statement.
The passionate advocate for girls' education was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman while on a school bus near her home in Pakistan's Swat valley last year. She was given life-saving treatment in Britain where she now lives, but the attack galvanized her campaign for greater educational opportunities for girls.

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