World Malala Day 2024: Malala Yousafzai, the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, needs no introduction today. She was given the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 2014. At the age of playing, Malala started raising her voice for the education of girls. Because of this, on 9 October 2012, She had to be shot by the terrorists of Tehreek-e-Taliban (Pakistani Taliban).
In 2013, the then Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, said that Malala Day is celebrated on her birthday 12 July as a tribute to Malala Yousafzai, to work for it by raising the voice of the education of all children and girls. Since then Malala Day has been celebrated every year on 12 July.
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World Malala Day History
On her 16th birthday, Yousafzai spoke at the UN to call for global education access. During this event, the UN dubbed it “Malala Day”. In front of an audience of over 500 young education advocates from around the world, she delivered her first public speech since the attack. One of the famous Malala Yousafzai quotes is mentioned below.
Malala day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights.
– Malala Yousafzai
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Malala Yousafzai: Short Biography
Malala Yousafzai was born on 12 July 1997 in Swat, Mingora province of Pakistan. His father Ziauddin Yousafzai is a Pakistani diplomat and educationist and his mother’s name is Tour Pichai Yousafzai. Malala’s early education was at Khushal Girls High School, Swat, Pakistan. Her father established this school for the education of the girls. Pakistan’s terrorist group Tehrik-e-Taliban had banned girls from reading and writing in the North West area of Pakistan. Because of this Malala and many girls were not able to study. For this reason, Malala launched a campaign against this terrorist group and in many ways, she started opposing it through the platform.
when Malala was only 15 years old, on October 9, 2012, when Malala Yousafzai was returning to her home by bus after taking exams from school, on the way, Tehreek-e-Taliban terrorists attacked the bus. Stopped and went inside and shouted loudly “Who is Malala among you guys, tell me or else I will shoot everyone.” On discovering Malala, the terrorists wearing masks opened fire. Which went between Malala’s left eye and shoulder. In this attack, two more people named Kainat Riyaz and Shazia Ramzan were injured. After this, as soon as the police administration came to know, he was immediately brought by air ambulance to the Military Hospital in Peshawar, where his condition was cured after 5 hours of long surgery. At that time Malala got an offer of help from all over the world for better treatment. Finally, on 15 October 2012, he was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in London for better medical treatment, where Malala came out of a coma after 2 days. And finally, on January 3, 2013, Malala was fully recovered and discharged from the hospital.
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Malala Yousafzai has become an inspiration to millions of people around the world.
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave Malala Yousafzai a chance to speak at the United Nations in July 2013, in which Malala called on world leaders to focus on the education and rights of children and women. She said that the terrorists thought they would change my aim and stifle my ambitions, but fear, weakness and despair died out of my life. Strength, courage and strength were born. I don’t want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. Rather, I want to be remembered as the courageous girl who stood up and faced it. Dear brothers and sisters, I am not against anyone, nor am I standing here to speak about any personal enmity I have against the Taliban or any terrorist group.
Malala Yousafzai Achievements and Works
She was honoured with many awards and titles. Some of them are:
Malala Yousafzai was awarded the National Youth Peace Prize in the year 2011.
- In October 2012, She was awarded Pakistan’s second-highest civilian bravery award.
- The ‘Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice was awarded in November 2012. ,
- In January 2013, the Simone de Beauvoir Prize was awarded.
- International Children’s Peace Prize was awarded in the year 2013.
- In the year 2013, the European Parliament was awarded the Lia Sakharov Prize for Ideological Freedom.
- She was awarded the ‘Pride of Britain’ award in the year 2013 itself. Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Kailash Satyarthi on 101st November 2014 for her work for the education of children and girls.
- With this, Malala Yousafzai has become the youngest winner of the Nobel Prize.
- In the year 2014 itself, he was given Canadian citizenship by the Government of Canada.
Malala Yousafzai Books and Writings
The following are the books written by Malala Yousafzai.
- I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
- I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
- We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
- Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights
- Malala’s Magic Pencil Documentary on Malala Yousafzai A documentary film was made in the year 2015, inspired by the book “I Am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai, Which was directed by American director Davis Guggenheim.
In the words of former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Malala is the “new superpower”. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also referred to Malala as “our hero” and “our champion”. He said, ‘She is asking us to fulfil our promises. It is asking to focus on the youth and make education the first priority.” Malala is credited with drawing the world’s attention to the issue of women’s education.
We hope you found this post on International Malala Day 2022 informative and helpful. Check the Malala Day quiz questions and answers below to know more about this day.
World Malala Day Quiz – FAQs
Every year on the 12th July Malala Day is celebrated.
The theme of I am Malala is “Fame, Power, and the Importance of Role Models”.
She fought for the right to education.
Malala Yousafzai was born on 12 July 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan.
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Yousafzai on 10 October 2014 for her efforts to fight the suppression of children and young people, as well as for the educational rights of all children.
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