Bangladeshi teen Sadat Rahman wins International Children’s Peace Prize 2020

Bangladeshi teen Sadat Rahman wins International Children’s Peace Prize 2020

• Sadat Rahman from Bangladesh has been awarded the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2020.
• The award was presented to 17-year-old Sadat by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on 13 November 2020, during a ceremony in the Netherlands. He was selected out of 142 applicants from 42 countries.
• He was awarded the prize for his involvement in setting up his social organization and mobile app ‘Cyber Teens’ to stop cyberbullying.
• The International Children’s Peace Prize is given annually since 2005 by the International children’s rights organization KidsRights based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• The prestigious Prize is annually awarded to a child who has made a special effort to promote children’s rights and better the situation of vulnerable children.