World Malala Day 2025, All About The Brave Girl

The United Nations has declared 12th July as World Malala Day to honour the young activist, Malala Yousafzai. Malala Day is commemorated, the birthday of Malala Yousafzai to honour women and children’s rights around the world.

On October 9, 2012, Malala was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen after she publicly advocated for the education of girls. Despite the attack, Malala soon returned to the public eye, fiercer in her views than earlier. She founded the Malala Fund to advocate for gender rights and help young girls access education. She also co-authored a book titled “I Am Malala,” an international bestseller.

Malala has been felicitated with several awards and honours:

• In 2012, she was awarded the first-ever National Youth Peace Prize by the Pakistan government.
• In 2014, at age 17, She became the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her efforts for children’s rights which had begun even before she was shot.
• The UN has declared her as “the most famous teenager in the world” in its Decade in Review report in late 2019.
• Malala has also been awarded honorary Canadian citizenship and became the youngest person to address the House of Commons in Canada.
• The documentary on the activist, He Named Me Malala, was shortlisted for the Oscars in 2015.
• She also authored another book “We Are Displaced” which chronicles her experiences of travelling the world and visiting refugee camps.

Despite the attack, Malala soon returned to the public eye, fiercer in her views than earlier and continued her advocacy for gender rights. She founded the Malala Fund, a non-profit organization to help young girls go to school and also co-authored a book titled I Am Malala, an international bestseller.

Apart from having a day dedicated to her, Malala has been felicitated with several awards and honours. In 2012, she was awarded the first-ever National Youth Peace Prize by the Pakistan government. In 2014, at age 17, Malala became the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace prize in recognition of her efforts for children’s rights which had begun even before she was shot. The UN has declared her as “the most famous teenager in the world” in its Decade in Review report in late 2019.

Malala Day is commemorated on July 12, the birthday of Malala Yousafzai, to honour women and children’s rights around the world. On October 9, 2012, Malala was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen for advocating girls’ education.

Things to know about Malala

Malala Yousafzai is often linked with her Nobel Peace Prize and her work through the Malala Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to making quality education accessible to girls worldwide. Despite her accomplishments, Malala remains nervous about what lies ahead and is unsure of what the next chapter holds for her.

Malala has been an advocate for equitable access to education for girls since age 11. She began blogging about life under the Taliban’s rule in Pakistan using the pen name Gul Makai. After Malala gained international notoriety for her activism, a Taliban gunman shot her on her way home from school. This forced her family to leave Pakistan and move to Birmingham, England. They relocated to keep her safe from the militant group.

She is part of the Online Class of 2022

In 2018, Malala began studying politics, philosophy, and economics at Oxford’s Lady Margaret Hall. Despite her fame and life experience, Malala sought to blend in with the students and connect with others. She was eager to meet educated women who were pursuing their aspirations.

“I didn’t want them to see me as, like, you know, what they see on TV, and how other people would define Malala,” she told British Vogue. “I just wanted them to see me as any other student.”

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to pause in-person classes and send students home, Malala moved back in with her family and finished her degree online. Afterward, she — and millions of other students who graduated during the pandemic — began wondering what she would do next.

She is nervous about what happens after college

After graduating, Malala considered her options. The Malala Fund, established in 2014, would continue to grow and champion girls’ education by working with young people and organizations worldwide. Despite its success, the experienced activist couldn’t help but wonder how she could foster her personal growth. Particularly after COVID-19 disrupted her plans to travel during a gap year, she was left contemplating her next steps.

“I’m sitting in bed, scrolling through my private Instagram, thinking, ‘What am I doing?’” Malala said. “I had a secret Twitter account for a year…before I joined officially, and I had, like, 4,000 followers or something. I was doing really well.”

The pandemic did allow her to have some much-needed downtime, though, and inspired her next move.

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