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Malala Yousafzai
Campaigning for girls’ education and winning the Nobel Peace Prize at seventeen.
Malala Fund · Education
- Born
- 12 July 1997
- Birthplace
- Mingora, Pakistan
More people
Malala Yousafzai
A Pakistani advocate whose campaign for girls’ schooling grew from her experience in the Swat Valley into international activism.
Early life
School family
Her father ran a school and encouraged her education.
Swat childhood
Grew up as the Pakistani Taliban restricted girls’ access to school.
Career
- 2009
Public voice
Wrote anonymously for BBC Urdu about life under Taliban rule.
- 2012
Attack and recovery
Survived an assassination attempt targeting her activism.
- 2013
International advocacy
Co-founded Malala Fund with her father.
Contributions
I Am Malala
Co-wrote a memoir with Christina Lamb.
United Nations address
Called for access to education.
Nobel Peace Prize
Shared the award with Kailash Satyarthi.
Beyond work
University
Completed a philosophy, politics and economics degree at Oxford in 2020.
Family
Married Asser Malik in 2021.
Sources & photo credit
Biographical reference ↗Achievement reference ↗Photo: flowcomm. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
