Malala Yousafzai has spent her life advocating for girls’ education — surviving an assassination attempt at 15, meeting with world leaders and then watching hard-won progress collapse when Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in 2021. That moment of despair forced her to completely rethink what it means to create change, and what she discovered replaced her shattered optimism with something more powerful and more honest. Hear how to keep fighting for the future you want, even when hope feels lost. (Recorded at TED2026 on April 14, 2026)
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@hayleyevertriedthisone
April 14, 2026 at 5:50 pm
i love this this, malala inspires me so much
@marvenscharles5030
April 14, 2026 at 5:52 pm
Thanks 🙏 lord you a life
@ingusbingus8750
April 14, 2026 at 5:53 pm
wow, malala so inspiring awesomeballs
@marvenscharles5030
April 14, 2026 at 5:55 pm
Only God can save you at this time 🎉
@thekaxmax
April 14, 2026 at 6:02 pm
God gave you hands and a mind; protest, contact your representatives.
@MOHAMEDTABCAMOHAMED
April 14, 2026 at 6:06 pm
Thanks my sister ❤❤❤
@WalkerTrips
April 14, 2026 at 6:16 pm
A legend worthy of a Sabaton song. Keep going.
@MayconMiranda-n4u
April 14, 2026 at 6:26 pm
JENNIFER DOUDNA Pará o prêmio nobal!!!!!!!
@DS-pe8tt
April 14, 2026 at 6:43 pm
Yes, in this country, too elimination of DEI and universal of a lot of inclusion progress we seen in this country. That progress isn’t guaranteed and continual progress isn’t guaranteed either.
@blueberry5992
April 14, 2026 at 7:05 pm
1:00 Islam
@sadiqabbas8950
April 14, 2026 at 9:05 pm
Phobia!
@sweetsushiness
April 14, 2026 at 7:05 pm
she’s collaborates with hillary clinton which tells you all you need to know about her values
@rileyabarker
April 14, 2026 at 7:38 pm
Did you even watch the talk
@MAORIguy25
April 14, 2026 at 8:45 pm
If she collaborated with trump, she’d be rug pulling crypto or something
@800pondg
April 14, 2026 at 7:24 pm
マララさんの勇気は本当に素晴らしいです。
@MegaSnail1
April 14, 2026 at 8:12 pm
Yes we are always stronger together. So inspiring. Thank you for your courage and faith.
@ajfromtheparkk
April 14, 2026 at 9:07 pm
I know this is going to be good
@AzharAli-n5c
April 14, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Awesome 👍👍👍
@sadiqabbas8950
April 14, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Rachel Corrie (1979–2003) was an American nonviolence activist and member of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in Gaza on March 16, 2003,
@markmuller7962
April 14, 2026 at 9:21 pm
Malala for president!