Malala Yousafzai-most famous teenager of the decade

Sad News at the end of this Decade-Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head

Malala Yousafzai (born 12 July 1997) also known as Malala, is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi, she has become "the most prominent citizen" of the country.

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai was declared as the "most famous teenager in the world" by the United Nations in its "decade in review" report released on December 23, 2019. The UN review stated that from a young age, Yousafzai was known for speaking out in favor of education for girls. She has also been extremely vocal about the atrocities committed by the Taliban on common people. 

Malala Yousafzai gained the world’s attention when she got featured in a documentary by a prominent international media house. The documentary traced her life in the volatile Swat Valley, which lies in the northwest of Pakistan. The valley has been a victim of violent clashes between the Pakistani military and Taliban fighters.

The young activist was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman while taking a bus from school in October 2012. Though she was hit in the head, Yousafzai survived and recovered. The attack was widely condemned and a special tribute was paid to Malala at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Human Rights Day in the same year.

The special tribute urged more action towards advancing girl’s education as an urgent priority, to ensure every girl can exercise her right to go to school. The assassination attempt only helped grow Malala’s activism. She was honored with several awards to recognize her outstanding work.

Malala Yousafzai was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2014 along with Indian social reformer Kailash Satyarthi, becoming the youngest recipient of the coveted award. She was also appointed as the UN Messenger of Peace in 2017 with a special focus on girls’ education. 

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