Woman of the Year

Every year Time magazine's announcement of the person of the year is early awaited.  For 2013, Time named Barack Obama as person of the year, but also announced that Malala Yousafzan was Person of the Year No. 2 ("The Fighter Malala Yousafzan," January 7, 2013). Yousafzan is the 15-year-old Pakistani activist who was shot the head by a Taliban member on October 9, but survived.Time observed:

"In trying and failing to kill Malala, the Taliban appear to have made a crucial mistake. They wanted to silence her. Instead, they amplified her voice. Since October, her message has been heard around the world, from cramped classrooms where girls scratch out lessons in the dirt, to the halls of the U.N. and national governments and NGOs, where legions of activists argue ever more vehemently that the key to raising living standards throughout the developing world is the empowerment of women and girls. Malala was already a spokesperson; the Taliban made her a symbol, and a powerful one, since in the age of social media and crowdsourced activism, a parable as tragic and triumphant as hers can raise an army of disciples." 

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