Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997 in Pakistan. She is a human rights activist who advocates for the rights of women and girls and worldwide access to education. She survived an assassination attempt in 2012 and continued her activism. She is the co-founder of the Malala Fund, an organization to empower girls through education in developing countries. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
[to the UN on her attempted assassination] Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.
[on the Taliban] I think they may be regretting that they shot Malala. Now she is heard in every corner of the world.
One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
[on emerging from her coma] I opened my eyes and the first thing I saw was that I was in a hospital and I could see nurses and doctors. I thanked God - 'O Allah, I thank you because you have given me a new life and I am alive'.