November 2011
The Pakistani army weakens the Taliban’s stronghold in Swat Valley, forcing them to retreat. While the Taliban no longer control Swat, they remain in rural areas outside Mingora.
Ziauddin’s school is able to reopen and Malala is excited to return to the classroom. Although she fears retaliation for speaking out against the Taliban, she publicly campaigns for girls to go to school — and wins Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize.
January 2013
After multiple surgeries and months of rehabilitation, Malala is discharged from the hospital and rejoins her family at home in Birmingham, U.K.
July 12, 2013
In her first public appearance since the attack, Malala speaks at the United Nations on her 16th birthday. The U.N. declares July 12th “Malala Day” — and Malala promises to dedicate this day each year to shining a spotlight on the world’s most vulnerable girls.
July 12, 2014
In response to mass kidnappings of schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Malala travels to Nigeria on her 17th birthday to meet with the families of the victims and add her voice to the outcry demanding for their safe return.
July 12, 2015
Malala marks her 18th birthday by opening a secondary school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley.
July 12, 2016
Malala spends her 19th birthday meeting with refugee girls living in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps in Kenya and the Mahama camp in Rwanda.
April - September 2017
Before beginning university, Malala travelled to North America, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America on her Girl Power Trip. She was on a mission to meet girls and listen to their stories. Everywhere she went, she heard directly from girls about barriers to their education, like violence, poverty, child marriage and machismo culture. Malala brought their messages and concerns directly to world leaders — she held over a dozen meetings with presidents and prime ministers urging them to invest in girls' education.
October 9, 2012
Due to her increased prominence, both in Pakistan and around the world, the Taliban target Malala. A masked gunman boards Malala’s school bus and asks for her by name. He shoots Malala in the head, neck and shoulder. Two of her friends, Kainat and Shazia, are also injured in the attack.
Malala survives, but remains in critical condition as she is transported to the United Kingdom for treatment. People in Pakistan and around the world pray for her recovery.
March 2013
Malala puts on her backpack and school uniform and steps into a classroom for the first time since the attack.
October 2013
Determined to continue their campaign for girls’ education, Malala and Ziauddin set up Malala Fund, an organisation dedicated to give all girls access to education.
Over the next few years, Malala meets with girls around the world and many heads of state, carrying her message of girls’ education and equality.
December 2014
Malala and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi win the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala invites girls from Syria, Nigeria and Pakistan to attend the ceremony in Oslo, as she becomes the youngest-ever Nobel Laureate.
October 2, 2015
HE NAMED ME MALALA, a documentary by Academy-Award winning director Davis Guggenheim, hits theatres and brings Malala’s story to audiences in 175 countries and 11 languages.
September 7, 2016
On her last “first day” of secondary school, Malala launches a campaign encouraging people around the world to support education for #YesAllGirls.
October 2017- Present
Malala is currently enrolled at the University of Oxford, where she is studying philosophy, politics and economics at Lady Margaret Hall. She balances her school work and social life with leading the fight for girls’ education around the world — but she is not fighting alone.
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