Malala: A Voice for Girls' Education

Imagine being shot in the head for wanting to go to school. At just 15 years

old, Malala Yousafzai survived a Taliban assassination attempt because she dared

to speak up for girls' education in Pakistan. Growing up in Pakistan's Swat Valley,

Malala started blogging for the BBC at age 11 about life under Taliban rule. She refused to stay

silent when extremists banned girls from attending school. Her courage made her a target,

but it couldn't silence her message. After surviving the attack in 2012, Malala didn't retreat

into safety. Instead, she became even louder. At 17,

she became the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history. She famously declared that one child,