“When God created man and woman, he was thinking, 'Who shall I give the power to, to give birth to the next human being?' And God chose woman. And this is the big evidence that women are powerful.”

Pakistani education advocate and Nobel laureate. She gained global attention for her activism on girls' education after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012. Her work has centered on advocating for girls' rights to schooling and speaking out against extremism.