- International Malala Day is celebrated each year on July 12, the birthday of Malala Yousafzai.
- In 2013, the United Nations (UN) designated July 12 as Malala Day to honor the young woman who advocated for women's education.
- Malala Yousafzai became an international symbol of the fight for girls' education.
- In 2012, she was shot dead while protesting the Taliban's restrictions on female education in Pakistan.
- In December 2014, she became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate at age 17.
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