MALALA YOUSAFZAI

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education advocate who, at the age of 17, became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban.

HER LIFE

She was born on July 12, 1997

she became an advocate for girls' education when she herself was still a child, which resulted in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her.

on october 19, 2012 a gunman shot Malala when she was traveling home from school.

She survived and has continued to speak out on the importance of education

in 2013, she gave a speech to the United Nations and published her first book, I Am Malala.

In 2014, she won the Nobel Peace Prize.

a survival.

MALALA´S ACHIEVEMENTS

She is studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford.

every day she fights to ensure all girls receive 12 years of free, safe, quality education.

she travels to many countries to meet girls fighting poverty, wars, child marriage and gender discrimination to go to school.

Malala Fund is working so that their stories, like hers, can be heard around the world

A PERSON TO ADMIRE

I admire her love for learning and her dedication to educating other women.

I admire Malala because she is a bookish feminist, and I aspire to be exactly the same.

i admire her because at just 20 years old, Malala Yousafzai has made incredible strides for women in the Middle East.