Malala Yousafzai Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for advocating girls' education, became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate at age 17.
On October 10, 2014, Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate at age 17, sharing the prize with Indian children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi. Malala had gained international attention in 2009 when, at age 11, she began writing a BBC blog about life under Taliban rule in Pakistan's Swat Valley, where girls were banned from attending school. On October 9, 2012, a Taliban gunman shot her in the head on her school bus. She survived after emergency surgery in Birmingham, England, and became a global symbol of the fight for girls' education. Her autobiography, I Am Malala, was published in 2013. Through the Malala Fund, she has campaigned for every girl's right to 12 years of free education, declaring: "One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world."
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