Greta Thunberg Awarded International Children's Peace Prize

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has been awarded the International Children's Peace Prize on Wednesday for bringing the world's attention towards the damage caused by climate change. Greta was also awarded the Right Livelihood Award in September this year.

She has been given this award for her work at a very young age in the struggle against climate change which has resonated with the schoolchildren from all over the world.

However, Greta could not be present at the award ceremony in The Hague as she is on her way to an international climate conference in Madrid. Though she sent a message saying she was "incredibly grateful and honoured for this prize". Along with Greta, Cameroonian peace activist Divina Maloum, aged 15, also received the International Children's Peace Prize, for her “peaceful struggle” against extremists.

A moment of sheer pride! Honoured to award world’s most prestigious prize for young people, ‘The International Children’s Peace Prize’to two incredibly inspiring daughters @GretaThunberg & Divina Maloum in The Hague today. Their courage, determination & compassion is infectious. pic.twitter.com/BKTfXo7gMq

— Kailash Satyarthi (@k_satyarthi) November 20, 2019

Greta has also previously been awarded the Right Livelihood Award and the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award by a jury of the Swedish Human Rights Prize. Besides, Greta was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in March this year. 

The 16-year-old Thunberg started the global climate movement named 'Fridays for Future' and 'school strike for climate' in August 2018. She stopped going to school and protested alone in front of Sweden's parliament. In March this year, the movement was supported by schoolchildren the world over.