Summary Proponent of girls' education has been awarded a top Dutch children's honor for her activism.
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, an outspoken proponent of girls education who survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year, has been awarded a top Dutch children s honor for her activism.
Organizers announced Tuesday that 16-year-old Malala will be presented with the International Children s Peace Prize next month in The Hague, Holland.
The foundation that awards the prize hailed Malala as "a brave and talented child who has demonstrated special dedication to children s rights."
Malala was 15 years old when she and two of her friends were attacked on their way home from school in Pakistan s northwest Swat Valley. She survived and now attends school in England after being flown there for treatment.
Malala will be handed the prize Sept. 6 by Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman.
