Malala Yousafzai Quotes


Malala Day is not my day. It is the day of every girl and every boy. It is a day when we come together to raise our voices, so that those without a voice can be heard.


Citations

Yousafzai, Malala. "Youth Takeover of the United Nations." United Nations Youth Assembly, 12 July 2013, United Nations Headquarters, New York. Address.

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Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai
  • Born: July 12, 1997
  • Nationality: Pakistani
  • Profession: Activist For Female Education, Former Blogger For BBC Urdu

Malala Yousafzai, often referred to mononymously 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 Pakistani 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 Abbasi, she has become "the most prominent citizen" of the country.