At a mere age of 11, she stood up to the Taliban leaders who tried to capture the Swat valley in Pakistan and close down the girls' schools in the region. Her innocent desire to study made her an international idol and further to lead a one-person movement for education.

She wrote for the BBC Urdu assuming a pseudo name in fear of being apprehended for her raw narrative of life under Taliban regime.

Since, then she has been the voice of the valley, advocating girls' rights. For her efforts, she had to face a bullet and is oscillating between life and death in a military hospital in Peshawar.

Malala Yousafzai, who garnered world fame for her advocacy, now 14, was shot in the neck and head while returning from her school by Taliban militants Tuesday. Two of her friends have also been shot.

The attack has been condemned all over the world and Malala's is still in critical condition, but, according to local reports, she is out of danger, but the doctors aren't sure about 'full recovery.'

According to a communiqué received in Pakistan, John Hopkins University has offered to bear all the expenses for the treatment of Malala Yousafzai.

According to Pakistan's The News and several other media outlets, Khyber Medical College Alumni Association of North America has received an offer from the Department of Paediatrics of John Hopkins University based in Baltimore, Maryland for treatment of Malala Yousafzai.

"John Hopkins University is offering to bear full expenses of her treatment. At the moment, we are trying to get in touch with the officials in Pakistan to convey the offer," the communiqué quoted the officials as saying.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking at a gathering of the American Girl Scouts movement, said Malala Yousafzai had been 'very brave in standing up for the rights of girls' and that the attackers had been 'threatened by that kind of empowerment,'BBC reports.

Malala has been honored with several peace awards including Pakistan's first national peace award.

As of Thursday, the attacker has been identified and a bounty has been put on his head, Pakistan interior minister Rahman Malik has confirmed.

Yet, the Taliban has said that it won't stop until they assassinate Malala.

 Pakistan Government announced it is satisfied with local doctors and won't be sending her to abroad.