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She survived, recovered, and used her experience as direct motivation to continue her fight. At 17, Yousafzai became the youngest receiver of a Nobel Prize for her humanitarian efforts — which included establishing the Malala Fund, an organisation dedicated to giving girls an opportunity to learn and lead. She later published her first book, “I Am Malala”, and graduated from Oxford University in 2020.

3 N aomi Wadler, gun reform activist

After the tragic 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Naomi Wadler and a friend organised a walkout — in which 200 of her classmates ended up participating.

The successful youth-led demonstration got national attention and led her to delivering a speech at the 2018 March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C — she was just 11 years old. Today she balances school with her advocacy efforts, which primarily bring awareness to how black girls and women are disproportionately affected by gun violence.

4 Jac k Petocz, LGBTQ+ activist

In February 2022, Florida’s House of Representatives passed House Bill 1557 — also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The legislation sought to prohibit “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in kindergarten through third grade. Students in Florida, like 17-year-old Jack Petocz, worked to fight against that hatred and discrimination.

Petocz organised a school-wide walkout, inspiring other Florida students to follow suit. The LGBTQ+ activist is now the policy director at Gen-Z for Change, a nonprofit run by young people leveraging social media to educate and mobilize their peers. Petocz has also spoken out and demanded action against bookbanning practices.

5 G enesis Butler, animal rights and climate activist

Genesis Butler is a 15-year-old environmental and animal rights activist and one of the youngest people to give a TEDx talk (“A 10 Year Old’s Vision for Healing the Planet”). Butler is passionate about educating others on the negative impact of animal agriculture on the environment. The young activist is currently leading the Youth Climate Save movement — the very first youth-led environmental organisation that zeroes in on the correlation between climate change and animal consumption.

disproportionately: too large (a) legislation: a set of laws to zero in on something: to direct all attention to something

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