Netherland: Young activist Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by a Taliban militant last October after campaigning for girls right to education, has won the prestigious International Childrens Peace Prize, KidsRights announced Tuesday.
Sources said that the Pakistani 16-year-old will receive the award from 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner and womens rights campaigner Tawakkol Karman at a glittering ceremony in The Hague on September 6, the Amsterdam-based organisation said.
  
The passionate advocate for girls education was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman while on a school bus near her home in Pakistans Swat Valley last year.
  
She was given life-saving treatment in Britain where she now lives, but the attack galvanised her campaign for greater educational opportunities for girls.