Nobel Peace Prize 2014

2. 1833-1896

3.  The Peace Prize has been awarded 95 times.
 Henry Dunant was awarded the 1st prize in 1901
 16 prizes have been awarded to women
 25 organizations have won the prize (ICRC won it 3 times)
 3 Laureates were under arrest at the time of the award (Carl von
Ossietzky, Aung San Suu Kyi, Liu Xiaobo)
 Only 1 was a multiple Laureate (Linus Pauling- Chemistry in 1954
& Peace in 1962)
 Le DucTho (awarded jointly with Henry Kissinger) in 1973 declined
the award
 The award in 2014 was 8 million Swedish Kroner (approx.
$918,000USD)
 Among the well know nominees never to win- Mahatma Ghandi,
Winston Churchill, Maria Montessori, Joseph Stalin

4.  Peace Laureates: Fields
 19 Arms Control and disarmament
 25 for Human Rights
 24 for Humanitarian Work
 33 for Negotiation
 39 for Peace Movement
 3 forWomen’s Rights
 26 forWorld Organizing

5. MALALAYOUSAFZAI KAILASH SATYARTHI
“…for their struggles against the suppression of children
and young people and for the right of all children to an
education.”

6.  Born: 12, July 1997, Mingora,
Pakistan
 Youngest Nobel Prize Winner
 At age 11, began her fight for
girls’ right to an education with
an anonymous blog for the BBC
 2012- Survives an assassination
attempt by theTaliban
 Co-Founder of the Malala Fund
which supports local education
projects and global initiatives
promoting girls’ secondary
education in six countries.

7.  Born: 11, Jan. 1954,Vidisha,
India
 Since 1980, has been at the
forefront of the movement
to end child slavery and
exploitative child labor
 As an activist, has led the
rescue of over 80,000 child
slaves
 Founder of the Global March
Against Child Labor and the
International Center on Child
Labor and Education

8.  Due to the work over the last 20 years, we are
nearing universal primary education and
demands for secondary education are
increasing
 In most developing nations the quality of
education available is poor
 Of the 130 million out of school youths, 70%
are girls
 2/3 of all adult illiterates are women

9.  Poverty is the #1
contributor
 Gender Roles
 Outdated cultural
traditions
Uganda
Village School

10.  Earn more
 Delay the onset of sexual
activity
 Marry later
 Survive childbirth at higher
rates
 Less likely to contract HIV
 Have smaller & healthier
families
 Contribute to higher rates
of economic growth at the
national level

11.  Approximately 215 million children are
working (126 million are in hazardous
environments, slavery/forced labor, illicit
industries and armed conflicts
 2 million children are trafficked annually for
labor and sexual exploitation
 Likely targets are girls, ethnic minorities, low
class/caste, disabled, displaced and those
living in remote areas

12.  Forced Beggars
 Ex. Senegal-Over 50,000 children between the ages of 4-14 beg to
meet a daily quota or face violent punishment
 TheTradition ofTrokosi
 West African girls are given to religious shrines to atone for misdeeds
of families
 Domestic Servitude
 10.5 million children (71% girls) ages 5 and up
 50,000 in the US
 Mining
 1 million children work in unregulated mines inAfrica, LatinAmerica,
Europe andAsia
 Cocoa Fields
 Est. 500,000 child slaves (often orphaned or homeless)
 Child Soldiers
 Est 300,000 children forced into military service

13.  Poverty
 Accounts for approximately 83% of child labor
 Compulsory and free education is limited
 Over 75 million children are not in school
 Existing laws/codes are violated
 Multiple layers of production and outsourcing make
violations difficult to detect or monitor
 Laws and enforcement are inadequate
 Lack of laws, exemptions to standing laws, agencies
are underfunded and understaffed.
 Workers’ rights are repressed
 Children are even more vulnerable than adult workers

14.  The Malala Fund: www.malala.org/
 Global MarchAgainst Child Labour:
http://www.globalmarch.org/
 UN on Child Labor:
http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpa
pers/childlabour/
 UN Girls Education Initiative:
http://www.ungei.org/