“I am here to speak for the right of education for every child.”

— Malala Yousafzai, United Nations speech (July 2013)

About Malala Yousafzai

Born 1997

Pakistani education activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2014), who campaigns for every girl's right to schooling.

“One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world.”

“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”

“Education is one of the blessings of life — and one of its necessities.”

“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

“I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children.”

“A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.”

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”

“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”

“Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”