The United Nations (UN) has declared Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai as “the most famous teenager in the world” in the second decade of the 21st century, Pakistan Today reported.
According to the details, the UN in part one of its review series has taken into account the events that happened between 2010 and the end of 2013 and highlighted the devastating Haiti earthquake in 2010, the beginning of the ongoing Syrian conflict for 2011 and Malala’s work in favour of girls’ education for the year 2012.
Malala became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 in recognition of her efforts for children’s rights. She was shot in the head at point-blank range by the Taliban in October 2012 as she was returning home from her school in Swat valley.
UN in its report wrote, “The attack made waves around the world, and was widely condemned: on Human Rights Day that year, a special tribute to Malala Yousafzai was held at the Paris headquarters of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), pushing for action to ensure every girl’s right to go to school, and to advance girls’ education as an urgent priority”.
“Malala’s activism and profile have only grown since the assassination attempt. She became a UN Messenger of Peace in 2017, with a special focus on girls’ education,” the report noted, adding that she was known for speaking out in favor of the educating girls and highlighting the atrocities of the Taliban from a young age.
The 22-year-old was also recently chosen by Teen Vogue — a United States (US) print magazine — as its cover person for its last issue of the decade.
