Malala Yousafzai papers

Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani schoolgirl whose bravery and activism for female education made her the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Born in 1997, Malala Yousafzai grew up in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan with her parents and two brothers. From the age of 10, Malala has campaigned for the rights of girls to receive an education. She wrote a blog, was interviewed by newspapers and for television, and was nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by Bishop Desmond Tutu. In October 2012, as a 15-year-old, Malala was shot and critically injured by the Taliban while traveling home from school on the bus with her friends. Following the attack, Malala was flown to the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and by March 2013 she had made a remarkable recovery and was well enough to return to school. Now living in Birmingham, England, with her family, Malala continues to campaign for the right of every child to go to school. Since the attack, she has become internationally known for her courage in refusing to be silenced and continuing her fight for the right of everyone to receive an education. She founded the Malala Fund -- which is dedicated to help promote education for girls throughout the world -- and in 2013 co-authored I Am Malala, an international bestseller. Malala’s bravery and unwavering dedication to her cause led her to received one of the world’s highest honors, the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2014. Then 17, she became the youngest recipient the prestigious award, and was honored alongside Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi. The two were praised "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education." Named one of "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" by TIME, Malala also received Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize and the 2013 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and Conscience, the International Children’s Peace Prize, the Tipperary International Peace Award, the Premi Internacional Catalunya Award of Catalonia, the Simone de Beauvior Prize, the Oklahoma City Reflections of Hope Award, and Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award. A Washington Post review of I Am Malala called the book "riveting" and stated, "It is difficult to imagine a chronicle of a war more moving, apart from perhaps the diary of Anne Frank." In April of this year, Malala was named named the youngest-ever United Nations Messenger of Peace. "I stood here on this stage almost three and a half years ago ... and I told the world that education is the basic human right of every girl," she said as she accepted the honor. "And I stand here again today and say the same thing." Yousafzai added, "Once you educate girls, you change the whole community, you change the whole society."