What is Malala Day?
Malala Yousafzai's birthday is every year on July 12th. Malala was the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ever at age 17.. Children and women are also protected by the United Nations Human Rights Day.
Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, Pakistan, on July 12th, 1997. The father of Malala's father was an educator, and as a result, she developed a thirst for knowledge. In 2007, the Taliban took over the city in which she lived and barred girls from attending classes. Malala demonstrated tenacity by standing up to the Taliban as young as she was. Malala started a blog and wrote about life under Taliban rule in 2009. She also wrote about her desire to go to school. For three years, she and her father fought for the right for girls to attend school.
Gunmen from the Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai in the head on the morning of October 9th, 2012. At the time, she was just 15 years old. She was just 15 years old at the time. Doctors transferred her to an ICU in Birmingham, England, after four days in a military hospital. Malala began attending Birmingham's school after several surgeries and weeks of rehabilitative therapy.
The young lady spent her 16th birthday in New York and spoke at the United Nations on her 16th birthday. Malala is one of the world's most influential individuals, according to TIME Magazine in 2013. Malala was named a Nobel Peace Prize winner a year ago. Malala has been named both the United Nations Human Rights Prize and The Liberty Medal, in addition to this prestigious award. Malala began her Oxford studies in 2017. She currently lives in Birmingham and continues to campaign for women's rights and education.
