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Malala Yousafzai\u2019s courageous advocacy for girls\u2019 education has inspired people across the globe, and today she was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize<\/a>. As a student at the school her father ran in Pakistan\u2019s Swat Valley, Malala became a well-known champion for educating girls. And ultimately, she also became a target for the Taliban, who violently oppose schooling for girls. A Taliban gunman shot Malala<\/a> in October 2012, but today, at age 17, she has recovered from her injuries and now lives in Birmingham, England.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

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The vast majority of Pakistanis agree with Malala, not the Taliban, on the issue of girls\u2019 education. In a 2014 Pew Research Center survey,<\/a> 86% said education is equally important for boys and girls. This included 85% of men and 87% of women.<\/p>\n\n

When we asked specifically about Malala in our 2014 poll, we found more Pakistanis expressing positive views about her (30%) than negative views (20%). However, roughly half did not have an opinion \u2013 something that could certainly change now that she\u2019s won what is arguably the world\u2019s most high profile honor.<\/p>\n\n

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Overall, the Taliban has little support<\/a> in Pakistan. Anti-Taliban sentiments rose sharply in 2009, when, for a time, the militant group took control in much of the Swat Valley, which is within 100 miles of the capital Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n

In 2008, Pakistani views about the Taliban were essentially divided: 27% gave the extremist organization a positive rating, 33% gave it a negative one, and 40% offered no opinion. A year later, seven-in-ten Pakistanis expressed an unfavorable view, and ratings for the Taliban have remained decidedly negative ever since.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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