Activist Malala Yousafzai, who has been championing the goal of education for the girl child since years, is grabbing headlines again, for all the right reasons. The United Nations has declared the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate as the “most famous teenager in the world” in its report, Decade in Review.





Malala has been working towards children’s rights ever since she was a teenager. Her efforts led her to be shot in the head by the Taliban, but the fighter in her survived and came back stronger than ever. In recognition of her efforts, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 (with Indian social reformer Kailash Satyarthi), becoming the youngest recipient to have got it.







“The attack made waves around the world and was widely condemned. On Human Rights Day that year, a special tribute to Malala was held at the Paris headquarters of the UNESCO, pushing for action to ensure every girl’s right to go to school, and to advance girls’ education as an urgent priority,” the UN’s review report said. It also mentions that Malala’s work has only grown after the attack. “She became a UN Messenger of Peace in 2017, with a special focus on girls’ education,” it added.





The first part of the UN report looks at the events between 2010 and end of 2013 and highlights the catastrophic Haiti earthquake of 2010, the start of the conflicts in Syria, which are still in, and Malala’s efforts for girls’ education.

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