LONDON — They came from lands that had fought wars against each other, and that still skirmish — an older man and a high school student divided by faith and generations; he a Hindu, she a Muslim; he age 60, she 17.

But when Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012, and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian campaigner for the rights of children, were named joint winners of the $1.1 million Nobel Peace Prize in October, the choice seemed to speak to a desire to transcend differences and forge a common campaign in support of dispossessed children across the globe.

On Wednesday, Ms. Yousafzai and Mr. Satyarthi received their awards from the Norwegian Nobel Committee in a vast and ornate chamber at the Oslo City Hall before an audience of royals, dignitaries, family members and others.

Ms. Yousafzai said the Nobel Prize “is not just for me.”

“It is for those forgotten children who want education,” she continued. “It is for those frightened children who want peace. It is for those voiceless children who want change.”