Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for girls' education who survived being shot by the Taliban in 2012 at age fifteen.
She became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2014.
Her name has become shorthand for youth activism and educational rights: She's the Malala of her generation.
Afghan ethnic majority
- Khyber PakhtunkhwaNorthwestern province of Pakistan
- IslamabadPakistan's seat of government
- UrduPakistan's official language
- PakistanSouth Asian nation
homeland · diaspora · Pashto · return visit
Discharging a weapon
- assassination attemptEffort to kill a prominent figure
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- courageFortitude facing danger
defiance · threat · targeted · gunshot · school bus · miraculous · rehabilitation · fearless
Person others emulate
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- symbolRepresentational mark or sign
voice · beacon · luminary · influential · empowerment · youth advocate · visionary · change agent
Protections owed to female children
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- petitionFormal written appeal
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- equal accessUniform right to participate
advocacy · humanitarian · reform · champion · social change · spokesperson · mobilization · lobbying
Written personal recollection
- co-authorJoint creator of text
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- picture bookVolume with art-driven narrative
storytelling · narrative · published · book tour · literary
Academic access for daughters
- schoolingFormal education received
- literacyAbility to read, write
- accessRight to enter
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
school attendance · curriculum · scholarship · students · teachers · classroom · learning · books
Honor for nonviolence work
- laureateCelebrated achievement recipient
- OsloNorway's chief city
- 2014Four-digit date
- Nobel CommitteeBody selecting laureates
award ceremony · recognition · honour · medal · diploma · Stockholm · humanitarian award · global recognition
Pashtun
Afghan ethnic majority
- Khyber PakhtunkhwaNorthwestern province of Pakistan
- IslamabadPakistan's seat of government
- UrduPakistan's official language
Pakistan · homeland · diaspora · Pashto · return visit
shooting
Discharging a weapon
- assassination attemptEffort to kill a prominent figure
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
courage · defiance · threat · targeted · gunshot · school bus · miraculous · rehabilitation · fearless · undaunted
role model
Person others emulate
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- heroineBrave female protagonist
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
symbol · voice · beacon · luminary · influential · empowerment · youth advocate · visionary · change agent · exemplar
girls' rights
Protections owed to female children
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- petitionFormal written appeal
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
equal access · advocacy · humanitarian · reform · champion · social change · spokesperson · mobilization · lobbying · campaign
memoir
Written personal recollection
- co-authorJoint creator of text
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
picture book · storytelling · narrative · published · book tour · literary
girls' education
Academic access for daughters
enrollment · school attendance · curriculum · scholarship · students · teachers · classroom · learning · books · knowledge
peace prize
Honor for nonviolence work
Nobel Committee · award ceremony · recognition · honour · medal · diploma · Stockholm · humanitarian award · global recognition
- Historic WomenJoan of Arc, Harriet Tubman, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Florence Nightingale
- Pakistani FiguresImran Khan, Musharraf, Meera
- Pakistani Writers
- HumanitariansMother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr.
- Oxford PeopleC.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Stephen Hawking
- child prodigiesMozart, Einstein, Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Bobby Fischer