Malala Yousafzai holds up the 2014 Liberty Medal which was presented to her in a ceremony in Philadelphia. Photo: Tom Mihalek/Reuters

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, renewed her call for world peace and universal education at a ceremony in which she was awarded the Liberty Medal on Tuesday.

“No girl, no child, anywhere, anywhere in this world should be deprived of education,” said Yousafzai, who is 17.

The Liberty Medal honours people who “strive to secure the blessings of liberty,” according to the website of the National Constitution Centre, which presents the award each year in Philadelphia.

The medal comes with a $100,000 cash prize, which Malala said she would donate to education and humanitarian relief efforts in her native Pakistan.

The award comes two weeks after Malala became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She rose to prominence as an 11-year-old girl who advocated for girls’ rights to education as a blogger on the BBC’s Urdu service.

The award comes two weeks after Malala became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Shot in the head in October 2012 by Taliban gunmen intent on silencing her, she settled in Britain amid ongoing threats by extremists in Pakistan.

She now runs the Malala Fund, which is dedicated to empowering girls through education. The teen spent Tuesday night being honoured by dignitaries who saw her through the lens of their professions and passions.

University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutman said Malala underscored the importance of education.

Legal scholar Jeffrey Rosen said she mirrored the values found in the US Constitution, and ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz said she was a living example of the power of words and the power of a free press.