:00:00. > :00:07.Hello there, Ricky here with a very special edition of Newsround. We're
:00:07. > :00:10.bringing you the remarkable story of Malala Yousafzai - the girl whose
:00:10. > :00:26.A year ago this week, an unknown 15-year-old girl in Pakistan boarded
:00:26. > :00:29.her school bus. It had been an ordinary day for Malala Yousufzai,
:00:29. > :00:33.but that afternoon, she was nearly killed on her journey home. Her
:00:33. > :00:41.story has now made her one of the most famous schoolgirls in the
:00:42. > :00:45.On October 9, 2012, Malala Yousufzai was travelling home from school
:00:45. > :00:46.On October 9, 2012, Malala Yousufzai she was shot. Her crime: Speaking up
:00:46. > :00:53.for the rights of girls to have she was shot. Her crime: Speaking up
:00:53. > :00:56.education. Malala grew up in the Swat Valley. It's a remote and
:00:56. > :01:00.traditional part of the country Swat Valley. It's a remote and
:01:00. > :01:05.a proud history of education. When she was ten the area was taken over
:01:05. > :01:09.by the Taliban, an armed group with extreme views about Islam and how
:01:09. > :01:17.wanted to stop education for girls. Muslims should live. The Taliban
:01:17. > :01:20.wanted to stop education for girls. blog and spoke out for the rights of
:01:20. > :01:49.around the world by her first name her school bus they asked "Who
:01:49. > :01:55.around the world by her first name It is an incredible story and Nell
:01:55. > :01:59.lives. How is she getting on now? She's doing really well. For someone
:01:59. > :02:05.like me who's been following her story very closely over the last
:02:05. > :02:10.meet her. She's nominated for a easy to forget that she's just a
:02:10. > :02:33.I know three things... I was shot by the Taliban for the reason of going
:02:33. > :02:38.to school and for my familiar pain -- campaign and especially girls in
:02:38. > :02:40.swat said we will continue our campaign for our education. The
:02:40. > :02:43.Taliban are afraid of the power campaign for our education. The
:02:43. > :02:47.women. They say that if a woman campaign for our education. The
:02:47. > :02:57.to school, if she learns, if she powerful p than men even. I believe
:02:57. > :03:02.in equality. Malala's campaign nearly cost her life. Since then,
:03:02. > :03:06.it's been an incredible 12 months. She's attracted lots of attention
:03:06. > :03:10.campaigning more than ever for girls' education. But it's too
:03:10. > :03:17.dangerous for her to return to Birmingham. And he goes to school.
:03:17. > :03:23.How do you be Malala, but also the face of this strong campaign? It's
:03:23. > :03:28.easy. I am what I am. I am Malala. I'm living a normal life. I go to
:03:28. > :03:36.market. I go out to parks and enjoy my life, but on the side, I have to
:03:36. > :03:38.on different occasions and to speak be a mature woman as well to speak
:03:38. > :03:41.on different occasions and to speak up for children's rights and to
:03:41. > :03:48.speak up for women's rights. I think playing cricket and I also like
:03:48. > :03:55.badminton a lot. I like to fight with my brothers. This is not a
:03:55. > :04:00.telling me to do it. I'm doing it girls to be stopped from going to
:04:00. > :04:09.school. I want every child in India, girls to be stopped from going to
:04:09. > :04:11.continues to campaign to raise girls to be stopped from going to
:04:11. > :04:12.awareness for the struggle for education that millions of children
:04:13. > :04:22.around the world go through and education that millions of children
:04:22. > :04:27.children weren't in school and well over half of those were girls. Ten
:04:27. > :04:31.years later, things had improved, but there are still 66 million kids
:04:31. > :04:36.out of school around the world. There were still four million more
:04:36. > :04:39.girls than boys missing out. Back in 2000, all 189 countries in the
:04:39. > :04:43.United Nations signed a plan to 2000, all 189 countries in the
:04:43. > :04:47.sure by 2015 all children were able to go to primary school. Charities
:04:47. > :04:49.and governments have been working towards this, but time is running
:04:49. > :04:53.out to achieve the goal. One of towards this, but time is running
:04:53. > :04:55.people trying to get more girls towards this, but time is running
:04:55. > :04:57.school is Sarah Brown, the wife towards this, but time is running
:04:57. > :05:01.former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. There are girls out of
:05:01. > :05:04.school in countries like Nigeria, five million girls, more than five
:05:04. > :05:08.million girls are out of school there. Countries like Pakistan,
:05:08. > :05:11.million girls are out of school than three million girls out of
:05:11. > :05:15.school. In India, Bangladesh, girls are kept at home because their
:05:15. > :05:19.education is not valued. People believe they shouldn't go to school.
:05:19. > :05:22.Malala's story has been to galvanise the world to action, to hear what's
:05:22. > :05:24.happening through what happened the world to action, to hear what's
:05:24. > :05:28.one girl, through her bravery, first of all, in speaking up for girls'
:05:28. > :05:36.education and the tragedy of her Sarah says there's a lot more to do
:05:36. > :05:40.to get all children into primary school by 2015. Things aren't on
:05:40. > :05:44.track at the moment. But world leaders are doing more to make it
:05:44. > :05:45.happen and Malala's campaign has already inspired lots of children to
:05:45. > :05:53.incredible story. Thank you. We already inspired lots of children to
:05:53. > :05:56.loads more on that story on the website. I'm back at 6. 50pm. See