women's international day

1. Malala

2. Biography
Malala Yousafzai (pashto : ‫مالله‬‫یوسفزۍ‬ ) was born
on the 12 of July in 1997 in Mingora, Khyber,
Pakhtunkhwa. When she was 11-12 she wrote a
blog, that detailed her life during the ocupation in
Swat. A periodist of The New York Times did a
documental of her life when the pakistanis were
in the region.
The 9 of October in 2012, when she was on a
bus in Swat, after a exam, she was shot by a
Taliban gunman with two more girls. She was
sent to the Queen Elizabeth hospital in UK.

3. She is famous for…
She is famous for being an activist, especially
for women when in Swat they ban girls going to
school. She recived the Nobel prize for the
peace being the youngest person to reicive it,
when she was 17. She recieved the Sajarov
price in 2013. She received too more prices and
a doctorate.

4. Prizes she won:
-2011: International Children's Peace Prize (nomine) - National Youth Peace Prize - Anne Frank Award for Moral Courage, January
-Sitara-e-Shujaat, Pakistan's third-highest civilian bravery award, October - Foreign Policy magazine top 100 global thinker, November
-2012: Time magazine Person of the Year shortlist - Mother Teresa Awards for Social Justice, November
-Rome Prize for Peace and Humanitarian Action, December - 2013: Top Name in Annual Survey of Global English, January
-Simone de Beauvoir Prize, January - Memminger Freiheitspreis 1525, March conferred on 7 December in Oxford
-Doughty Street Advocacy award of Index on Censorship, March - Fred and Anne Jarvis Award of the UK National Union of Teachers,
March
-Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards, Global Trailblazer, April - One of Time's "100 Most Influential People in the World", April
-Premi Internacional Catalunya Award of Catalonia, May - Annual Award for Development of the OPEC Fund for International
Development (OFID), June

5. More prizes
-International Campaigner of the Year, 2013 Observer Ethical Awards, June -Tipperary International Peace Award, Ireland Tipperary
Peace Convention, August -Portrait of Yousafzai by Jonathan Yeo displayed at National Portrait Gallery, London -Ambassador of
Conscience Award from Amnesty International -International Children's Peace Prize, KidsRights Foundation
-Clinton Global Citizen Awards from Clinton Foundation - Harvard Foundation's Peter Gomes Humanitarian Award from Harvard
University
-Anna Politkovskaya Award – Reach All Women in War -Reflections of Hope Award – Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
- Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought – awarded by the European Parliament -Honorary Master of Arts degree awarded by the
University of Edinburgh
-Pride of Britain -Glamour magazine Woman of the Year -GG2 Hammer Award at GG2 Leadership Awards (November)
-International Prize for Equality and Non-Discrimination -2014: Nominee for World Children's Prize also known as Children's Nobel
Prize

6. More prizes
-Awarded Honorary Life Membership by the PSEU (Ireland) - Skoll Global Treasure Award
-Honorary Doctor of Civil Law, University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada -Nobel Peace Prize, shared with Kailash
Satyarthi
-Philadelphia Liberty Medal One of Time Magazine "The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014 - Honorary Canadian citizenship
-2015: Grammy Award for Best Children's Album -Asteroid 316201 Malala named in her honour
-2016: Honorary President of The Students' Union of the University of Sheffiel - 2017: Youngest ever United Nations Messenger of
Peace
-Received honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa -Ellis Island International Medal of Honor
-Wonk of the Year 2017 from American University -Harper's Bazaar inducted Malala in the list of "150 of the most influential female
leaders in the UK
-2018: Advisor to Princess Zebunisa of Swat, Swat Relief Initiative Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey