Nobel Peace Prize Recognizes Importance of Youth and Peacebuilding
In bestowing the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay, the Norwegian Nobel Committee highlights the important role of youth and education in creating peace and countering violent extremism. The prize recognizes the power of young people to make positive changes in their communities. USIP is always excited about the Peace Prize, but this one particularly resonates, given the institute’s intensive focus on nurturing young peacebuilders, preventing extremist viole...