(ANSA) - Udine, June 30 - The Knowledge CRUI Award on Friday
was given to the 2014 Nobel Peace prize laureate Malala
Yousafzai on the final day of the G7 University event in Udine.
The prize was awarded to Yousafzai "for her work in favor of
the right of girls to attend school, an example of courage,
determination and awareness that the right to equality and the
construction of a sustainable and better future is solely based
on knowledge".
The two-day international event is organized by the Italian
Conference of University Rectors (CRUI) with the University of
Udine.
Presenting the award, Desmond Bermingham, the director of
programs of the Varkey Foundation, which works to improve
education standards for underprivileged children worldwide, said
Malala was today in school as education is an "absolute
priority" for her.
She said the young Pakistani activist represents a symbol for
all the "hidden heroines" around the world.
Sophie Nuber, a student at Cardiff University, received the
prize on her behalf.
G7 University: CRUI Award to Malala
'Right to equality based on knowledge'