Malala Yousafzai : Became an international symbol of the fight for girls' education.
On her birthday in 201 3, observed as ‘Malala Day’, she spoke using the UN platform for education for every child in the world. Currently, she is involved in mobilising support and help for ‘Malala Fund’, which is being raised to help girls come out of poverty and illiteracy. She has also actively voiced her concern to bring back the kidnapped girls in Nigeria.
Her name literally means ‘grief-stricken’, but she chose not to lead a life of subjugation and offered a ray of hope to millions of girls like her. She can rightly be called an ‘incarnation of Malalai’, a Pashtun female warrior, whom she is named after. We salute her vision and courage.
