Malala Yousafzai is an advocate for women's education.
Malala Yousafzai ( Malālah Yūsafzay : [ ; ملاله یوسفزۍ [ məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj ] born 12 July 1997 ) is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate . She is known for human rights advocacy , especially education of women in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , northwest Pakistan , where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school .