Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai S.St is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She is known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Yousafzai's advocacy has since grown into an international movement...
NationalityPakistani
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth12 July 1997
CityMingora, Pakistan
CountryPakistan
Education is the power terrorists fear most.
Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.
They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.
My family and I are heartbroken after hearing the news that more than 100 innocent children and teachers have lost their lives.
We cannot succeed when half of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be brave, to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their full potential.
I told myself, Malala, you have already faced death. This is your second life. Don't be afraid — if you are afraid, you can't move forward.
I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move ...
We are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
Do not wait for me to do something for your rights. It's your world and you can change it.
We should not be followers of traditions that go against human rights...we are human beings and we make traditions
Fifty seven million children across the world don't want an iPhone, Xbox or chocolates. They want a book and pen.
We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.
We should all consider each other as human beings, and we should respect each other.
If you don't focus on the future generation, it means you are destroying your country.