Malala Yousafzai gained recognition in her home country of Pakistan for her campaign for children’s education and criticism of the Taliban. Her activism made her a target, and in 2012 she was attacked on a bus by Taliban gunmen. She survived and went on to become the global face of human rights, women’s rights and education, winning numerous awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/malala-yousafzai/rss en Education Tue, 12 Jul 2016 11:04:16 +0000 Malala Yousafzai https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2016/07/12/malalas-birthday-wish-education-for-every-girl https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2016/07/12/malalas-birthday-wish-education-for-every-girl Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai spent her 19th birthday at Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya to highlight the challenges girls face getting an education. In a blog post from the camp, she asks the world to join the fight to get more girls into school.