Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. As a teenager, she wrote a blog for the BBC documenting her life under Taliban rule and her advocacy for girls' education in the Swat Valley. In 2012, she survived an assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman. This event brought her cause to international attention. After recovering, she co-authored the memoir 'I Am Malala' and founded the Malala Fund, a non-profit organization that advocates for every girl's right to 12 years of free, safe, and quality education. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, sharing it with Kailash Satyarthi, for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people.