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Name: Malala Yousafzai
Hometown: Mingora, Pakistan
Profession: Author, Activist, Student
Issue Division: Education
Quick facts:
- She’s the youngest ever Nobel-prize laureate
- She appeared on TIME Magazine’s “100 most influential people” list three years in a row
- Spent her 18th birthday opening a school for Syrian refugees
Malala Yousafzai is a champion of education rights for girls and children around the world. Not only do her own humanitarian work and speeches shine as a beacon of hope for quality education to be provided to all, but she is incredibly persistent with her actions.
After being shot by the Taliban in 2012, Malala persisted in her campaign to fight for the right to free quality education for all, and took her activities global.
In 2014, she became the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her humanitarian efforts on the rights for all girls and children to have an education, promoting peace by ending injustice for children.
Through her organization, Malala Fund, the young activist is currently fighting for education for 3.5 million Syrian children affected by the conflict in their country.
“Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons." - Malala Yousafzai
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To learn more about Malala, visit malala.org
