Malala Yousafzai
Malala, is a Pakistani origin female education activist. She is widely known for her human rights advocacy, especially for education of girls in her native Swat, KPK, where the rebels had banned women from attending schools.
Her voice and consistent struggle for the education of women has earned her the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize honors.
On 9 October 2012, Malala was shot by a Taliban gunman, along with 2 other girls, in an assassination attempt in retaliation for her activism. The Taliban were internationally denounced by governments, human rights organizations and feminist groups. They indicated plans for a second assassination attempt, which they felt was justified as a religious obligation.
After her recovery, at age 14, she became one of the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureates. Based in Birmingham, she co-founded the Malala Fund, a non-profit organisation. In 2013, she co-authored I Am Malala, an international best seller. In 2012, she received Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize and the 2013 Sakharov Prize. In 2014, she was the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, with Kailash Satyarthi of India.