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Malala Yousafzai is born in 1997 in the Swat Valley in Pakistan, the daughter of a teacher who runs a school and instils in his daughter a love of education from an early age. But in her region radical Taliban gain power, banning girls from school and destroying schools. Already at eleven, Malala begins writing a blog diary for the BBC under a pen name, describing life under this threat. The more well known she becomes, the more boldly she speaks out (soon openly and under her own name) demanding the right of all girls to an education. In 2012 Taliban fighters attempt to assassinate her: on her way home in the school bus, the 15-year-old is critically wounded by a gunshot to the head. She survives, gravely injured, is taken to Britain for treatment and recovers: but the attack does not silence her. On the contrary. Malala becomes a worldwide voice for girls' education. On her 16th birthday she gives a famous speech to the United Nations; her line "One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world" travels the globe. In 2014 she receives the Nobel Peace Prize as the youngest laureate ever: at just 17. Through her foundation, the Malala Fund, she continues to champion girls' education. She studies at the University of Oxford and becomes one of the best-known faces of the global struggle for education: proof that even a very young voice can move great things.
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youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate
She received the prize for her work for the right to education.
💡 Did you know? At just 17, Malala became in 2014 the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
girls' education
As a child she already wrote about how the Taliban banned girls from school.
💡 Did you know? Malala campaigns worldwide for every girl's right to go to school: a right the Taliban tried to deny her.
Taliban assassination attempt (shot in the head)
In 2012 a Talib shot her in the head on the school bus for championing girls' education: she survived, seriously injured.
💡 Did you know? She survived, gravely wounded, and was treated in Britain.
Pakistan
Radical Taliban at times took control of her home region.
💡 Did you know? Malala comes from the Swat Valley in Pakistan, which the Taliban controlled for a time, banning girls' schools.
BBC blog diary
In it she described life under the threat of the Taliban.
💡 Did you know? At just 11 Malala anonymously wrote a blog diary for the BBC about life under the Taliban.
at the United Nations
On her 16th birthday Malala addressed the United Nations: „One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.“
💡 Did you know? "One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world," she said there.
2013
She also studied at the University of Oxford.
💡 Did you know? Through the „Malala Fund“ she finances education projects for girls in many countries.
global voice for education
Malala became a world-famous voice for the right to education and a symbol that courage can be young.
💡 Did you know? She is one of the best-known activists in the world.
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Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) is a Pakistani education activist and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in history.
💡 Did you know? After the attack Malala was treated in Britain, finished school there, studied at Oxford and kept fighting for girls' education.
1997
Born: 12 July 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan
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