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- Every year on July 12, International Malala Day is observed on the birthday of Malala Yousafzai.
- In 2013, The United Nations (UN) designated July 12 as Malala Day to honour 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 for opposing Taliban restrictions on female education in Pakistan.
- In December 2014, she became the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17.
- In 2015, an asteroid was named (316201 Malala) in honour of Yousufzai.
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