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1997
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. -
2007
Capitalizing on widespread economic malaise, Taliban leader consolidates power in Swatt. -
2008
Talibans commence a campaign to blow up all government institutions and schools. -
September, 2008
Malala gave a speech " How dare the Taliban take away my basic rights to education" in Pashawar, Pakistan. -
2009
Mullah Fazlullah, in a radio address, announces that as of January 15 all girls’ schools will be closed. -
2009
Malala uses the show to speak out against the Taliban’s decision to prevent women from accessing education. -
March, 2009
In March, Malala ends her blog, and in May, The Pakistani Army moves into the region of Swat. The family is separated and Malala is sent to live with relatives in the countryside. -
December, 2009
Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education. -
2011
Her activism resulted in a nomination for the International Children's Peace Prize and National Youth Peace Prize in 2011. -
2012
Malala was riding a bus with friends on their way home from school, a masked gunman boarded the bus and demanded to know which girl was Malala. The gunman fired at her, hitting Malala in the left side of her head. -
December, 2012
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari announces the establishment of a $10 million education fund in Malala’s name. -
2013
Became a work-wide of a cause until the little obscure. -
2013
She gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday. -
October, 2013
She has also written an autobiography, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, which was released in October. -
October 10, 2013
On October 10, 2013, in acknowledgement of her work, the European Parliament awarded Yousafzai the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. -
2014
Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize. -
October, 2015
In October 2015, a documentary about Yousafzai's life was released. HE NAMED ME MALALA, directed by Davis Guggenheim. -
2015
On her 18th birthday, Malala opens a school for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley -
July, 2015
For her 18th birthday on July 12, 2015, also called Malala Day, the young activist continued to take action on global education by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. -
April, 2017
In April 2017, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Yousafzai as a U.N. Messenger of Peace to promote girls education.
