--- description: Malala Yousafzai is an education activist from Pakistan. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Malala Yousafzai  ## Malala Yousafzai Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Malala Yousafzai is an education activist from Pakistan.  ## Malala Yousafzai Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 4, 2018 ### [Girls Can Change the World—But We Have to Invest in Them First](https://time.com/5087352/malala-yousafzai-girls-can-change-the-world/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 12, 2017 ### [Refugee Girls Across the World Remain Hopeful](https://time.com/4777563/malala-yousafzai-refugee-neco-ellis-island-medal-of-honor/) Malala Yousafzai is being awarded the NECO Ellis Island Medal of Honor [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 9, 2015 ### [The World's Response to Refugees Has Been Pitiful](https://time.com/4027099/malala-refugee-crisis-angela-merkel/) If we say we care, we must take action [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 9, 2015 ### [All Girls Deserve Education Beyond Primary](https://time.com/3736611/malala-all-girls-deserve-education-beyond-early-childhood/) When we imagine the power of all our sisters standing together on the shoulders of a quality educati... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 9, 2014 ### [Malala: Save My Nigerian Sisters](https://time.com/93801/malala-save-my-nigerian-sisters/) Boko Haram's extremism and brutal activities are against the teachings of Allah. Islam is a religion... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 17, 2013 ### [Malala Yousafzai: ‘The Day I Woke Up in the Hospital’](https://time.com/3490769/malala-yousafzai-the-day-i-woke-up-in-the-hospital/) "Something bad happened to you," said Dr. Fiona. I knew I was not in my homeland [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/malala-yousafzai/","name":"Malala Yousafzai"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/malala-yousafzai/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/malala-yousafzai/"},"name":"Malala Yousafzai","jobTitle":null,"description":"Malala Yousafzai is an education activist from Pakistan.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt627c5982f959c331/698862dc2dce0107a89e56f6/malala-author.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/malala-yousafzai/","sameAs":["https://x.com/MalalaFund"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```