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Her struggle against the suppression of children and young people, and for the right of all children to education
Shared with: Kailash Satyarthi (India)
Malala began speaking out for girls' education at 11, when the Taliban banned girls from school in Swat. After being shot in the head in 2012, she was treated in Birmingham, UK, and continued her campaign worldwide. The committee stressed the importance of a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, joining a common struggle.
Education activist from Mingora, Swat, who wrote a BBC Urdu blog about life under the Taliban and survived being shot by a Taliban gunman in October 2012.