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    Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan in 1997 and grew up believing strongly in the power of education despite the Taliban banning girls' education in her region. She began blogging anonymously for the BBC about her desire to go to school under Taliban rule. On her way home from school in 2012, Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for her advocacy of girls' education. She recovered in the UK and continues campaigning globally for girls' right to 12 years of free education through her Malala Fund.

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    Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan in 1997 and grew up believing strongly in the power of education despite the Taliban banning girls' education in her region. She began blogging anonymously for the BBC about her desire to go to school under Taliban rule. On her way home from school in 2012, Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for her advocacy of girls' education. She recovered in the UK and continues campaigning globally for girls' right to 12 years of free education through her Malala Fund.

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    Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan in 1997 and grew up believing strongly in the power of education despite the Taliban banning girls' education in her region. She began blogging anonymously for the BBC about her desire to go to school under Taliban rule. On her way home from school in 2012, Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for her advocacy of girls' education. She recovered in the UK and continues campaigning globally for girls' right to 12 years of free education through her Malala Fund.

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    Malala Yousafzai

    Malala was born on 12th July 1997 in Mingora, in Pakistan. She has two younger brothers. Malala’s
    father was a teacher and she grew up with a strong belief in the power and importance of education.

    In 2007, a group called the Taliban began to take control over the area where Malala and
    her family lived. They did not believe that girls should go to school and they also banned many cultural
    activities, such as watching television and dancing. Malala continued to believe in her right (and the
    right of every girl) to an education and became quite critical of the Taliban’s actions.

    Significant Action
    In 2009, Malala began to write a blog for the BBC Urdu
    service. She wrote this using someone else’s name
    (a pseudonym) and in it she described her desire to
    go to school and her fears living under Taliban rule.

    Women were even being stopped from going out


    shopping. Even when Malala and her father received
    death threats for speaking out and sharing their
    fears with the world, they did not stop reporting
    what was happening in their local area and they
    became well known in Pakistan for their beliefs.
    Malala was awarded Pakistan’s National Youth Peace
    Prize for her work in 2011.
    Photo courtesy of Statsministerens kontor (@flickr.com) -
    granted under creative commons licence – attribution

    Attack on Her Life


    Whilst travelling home from school on a bus on 9th October
    2012, when she was 15, Malala was shot in the head by a masked
    Taliban gunman. Two of her friends were also injured in the attack. Malala was flown to Birmingham
    in the UK for treatment; she stayed in hospital for three months. In March 2013, she was able to go to
    school in Birmingham. Later that year, she published a book, ‘I am Malala’, describing her experiences.

    Securing Human Rights


    The Taliban’s attack on Malala led to wide-spread protests across Pakistan and worldwide shock. Over
    2 million people signed a right to education petition, and the Right to Free and Compulsory Education
    Bill was passed in Pakistan. Now, every child in Pakistan is given the chance to go to school.

    In 2013, the Malala Fund was set up. This organisation campaigns for all girls to have 12 years of
    education. Malala is still an active campaigner for the rights of girls around the world to have an
    education.

    Malala’s tireless campaigning work was recognised in 2014 when she was named a Nobel Peace Prize
    winner. Malala donated the prize money of more than $500,000 to build a secondary school for girls
    in Pakistan.

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