Malala Yousafzai (L) of Pakistan poses with Elizabeth Archibald at the National Academy for the Performing Arts on July 30, 2014 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

This Year's Nobel Peace Prize is For the Children

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 10, 2014

Josette Sheeran, the president and CEO of Asia Society, talks about this morning's announcement that children's rights advocates Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India share this year's Nobel Peace Prize.  Recently, Asia Society named Malala Yousafzai one of their "Asia Game Changers" for her work on behalf of educating girls. Kailash Satyarthi  was one of the "New Heroes" profiled by PBS for his work against bonded child labor.   

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