Malala Yousafzai - Navo

• In 2009, Malala started blogging about living under Taliban rule for the BBC. She later became a national figure in her country, appearing on television as a spokesperson for girls’ education.At 17 years old, Malala is is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace.
• Malala was aboard a bus in 2012, campaigning for education of girls in Pakistan, when the Taliban reportedly hijacked the bus and singled her out, shooting her in the head and the neck.She has been living in England since being treated for her gunshot wounds.
• Since her increased visibility, Malala has changed her career focus to politics. Ziauddin Yousafzai ran one of the last schools to defy the Taliban’s orders to not educate girls. He has reportedly encouraged his daughter to be outspoken from a young age.
• Malala will be splitting the prize money, $1.1 million, with her 60-year-old co-recipient, Kailash Satyarthi, a human rights advocate from India.
• Malala was shot on October 9th, 2012. She was reported to be in critical condition and not expected to survive.