ABOUT MALALA YOUSAFZAI YOUNGEST NOBLE PRIZE WINNER

1. A brave girl from Pakistan
Submitted By
Diksha Thakur
BSc(Hon) 3rd Sem.
Submitted To
Miss. Mamta Sharma

2.  Born on 12 July 1997
 A school student and education activist from Pakistan
 Lives in Swat District Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
 Known for her activism for women’s rights and education
 Taliban had banned the education of girls
 In 2008 gave a speech in Peshawar “ How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education ”
 In 2009 she wrote a blog under a pseudonym for BBC detailing her life under Taliban rules
 New York Time documentary filmed about her life
 Began to rise in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television
 Became the chairperson of the District Child Assembly Swat

3.  On 9th October 2012, Yousafzai was shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen while
returning to home in school bus
 Remained unconscious and in critical conditions
 After improvement in health taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham

4.  Pakistan’s president Asif Ali Zardari and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon announced
the day 12 July as Malala Day
 29 April 2013 ,featured on the magazines front cover as one of the 100 most influential
people in the world, her section was written by Chelsea Clinton
 Got International Children’s Peace Prize, Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize
 Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize being the youngest nominee in history for the latter