Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Thursday was awarded by Harvard University for her efforts in promoting girls’ education around the world. According to details, the 21-years-old received the award from the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy school. The Gleitsman Award provides $125,000 for activism that has improved quality of life around the world. Read more: PM congratulates Yasir Shah on creating history in Test cricket Earlier, David Gergen, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School, said that Malala speaks powerfully to the strength and perseverance of women and girls who are oppressed. Read more: PM congratulates Yasir Shah on creating history in Test cricket However, she is currently studying at Oxford University in United Kingdom (UK). In 2014, she became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts for children’s rights. Back in 2012, Malala was shot in the head by Taliban as she was coming back from her school in Swat valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).