Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist speaking out on education for females. She is also the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. When she was a teenager, the local Taliban banned girls from attending school. She wrote a blog for BBC Urdu describing her life during the Taliban occupation and was injured in 2012 when a Taliban gunman tried to murder her. If you look closely, her wound can still be seen on her face, when she blinks. 

Since Malala's blog has been published, she has been using her platform to advocate for women and girls and their rights to education, especially in parts of the world where access to basic rights have traditionally been denied because of their sex.

During this year's World Economic Forum, Malala talked with CGTN about her call for teaching boys to be men and said what is needed is to educate young men on the issue of women's rights.

Malala also said being an activist does not mean going out to the street every day.  She says, “It’s about every small step that you take. You make sure your daughter is safe; you make sure you get equal pay as men, and you make sure you do not get sexual harassment.”

When thinking about her journey, Malala says, "I have forgiven those who did things to me. I don’t look back; I look forward.”