Malala Yousafzai
(1997 / 07 / 12 - Unknown)
Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani activist
He was born on July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Jaiber Pastunjuá, Pakistan.
Ziauddin Yousafzai daughter, has two brothers.
When
it accounts 13 years, became famous thanks to a blog who wrote under
the pen name Gul Makai for BBC in which chronicled his life under the
regime of Tehrik - i - Taliban Pakistan (terrorist organization associated
with the Taliban movement, which proclaims the Islamic religious
extremism and jihadism) in the valley of Swat river.
The
Taliban forced to close private schools prohibited the education of
girls between 2003 and 2009.
In that year, the documentary Classes Loss,
Death of education of women (led by Adam Ellick and Irfan Asharaf, the
New York Times) , he presented to Malala and the impossibility of education for women in these areas.
A report published by the Army claimed that the Taliban had beheaded 13 girls, destroyed 170 schools and bombed other five.
When the military ended the tyranny of the Taliban in Swat, Malala used his fame to promote the right to education.
On
October 9, 2012 was victim of an attack by a militiaman
Tehrik - i - Taliban Pakistan in Mingora, that after boarding the school bus
he was traveling Malala, shot repeatedly his pistol against her hitting
him in the head and neck.
TTP spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan said they will try to kill her again.
Two other students were also injured in the bus.
She was airlifted to a military hospital where surgically intervened.
Near the school where they study young hundreds of people they protested the attempted murder.
The attack immediately provoked international condemnation and Malala
was supported by figures like Asif Ali Zardari, Desmond Tutu, Ban
Ki - moon, Barack Obama, or Hillary Clinton among many others.
On
October 15, 2012 he was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Birmingham
Hospital, UK, fearing for their safety and for recovery and
reconstructive surgery, was discharged on January 4, 2013.
With the
implanting of titanium plate and a hearing device, entered a secondary school in England.
In May 2014, he participated in the campaign for the release of young Nigerian students, kidnapped by an Islamist group.
He speaks Pashto and English, and is recognized for his activism in favor of civil rights, especially the rights of women.
In 2013 she was chosen by Time magazine as one of the most influential people in the world.
On
October 10, 2014 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the
Indian Kailash Satyarthi, an activist for the rights of children,
becoming the youngest winner of this award.
Both were rewarded for their fight against child oppression and for the right of all children to education.
About
Malala Yousafzay, the Committee stressed that "despite his youth, has
already fought for several years for the right of girls to education and
has shown by example that children and youth can also help to improve
their own situation.
She it did in the most dangerous circumstances.
Through its heroic
struggle has become a leading spokesman for the right of girls to
education, said the jury.
Awards
2011 National Prize for Peace for his advocacy of girls' education, Pakistan
2011 International Award Nomination Children for Peace
2013 Simone de Beauvoir Prize, France
2013 UNICEF of Spain Prize for his defense of the right of girls to education
2013 International Peace Prize Tipperary, Britain
2013 Ambassador of Conscience Award by Amnesty International
2013 International Children's Peace Prize, Netherlands
2013 Catalonia International Prize, Spain
2013 Clinton Global Citizen Award by the Clinton Foundation, United States
2013 Award Peter Gomes of Harvard University
2013 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Conscience of Parliament
2013 National Award for Equality and Non - Discrimination of the National Council to Prevent Discrimination of Mexico
2014 Nobel Peace Prize * buscabiografias.
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