London ( CNN ) -- Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousufzai was in stable condition at a British hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgeries to repair her skull and help her hearing , officials said . `` Both operations were a success and Malala is now recovering in hospital . Her medical team are 'very pleased ' with the progress she has made so far , '' the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham said in a statement . `` She is awake and talking to staff and members of her family . '' Saturday 's five-hour surgeries were the latest step on a long road to recovery for Malala , who was shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen in October for speaking out in favor of education for Pakistani girls . Last week doctors said they would use a titanium plate to cover an opening in her skull , and give her a cochlear implant to partially restore hearing in her left ear . The plate was necessary to replace a section of her skull about the size of a hand , which doctors removed to relieve swelling after the shooting . And the inner ear implant will restore some function to her damaged ear , doctors said last week . The 15-year-old became an international symbol of courage after she was shot by Taliban gunmen last fall for her crusade about girls going to school . She had blogged fearlessly about girls ' education and accused the Taliban of thriving on ignorance . The Taliban forbid girls in the classroom and have threatened to kill anyone who defies them . Malala was in a school van on October 9 when the gunmen stopped the vehicle and shot her at point-blank range . She was flown to the British hospital six days later . Doctors there discharged her last month , and she has been recovering with her family at a temporary home nearby . Her father , who had been an educator in Pakistan , is now employed at the Pakistani Consulate in Birmingham . On Sunday , officials said Malala would remain hospitalized until she is well enough to be discharged . CNN 's Ben Brumfield , Laura Smith-Spark and Per Nyberg contributed to this report .
Operations to repair Queen Elizabeth Hospital 's skull and help her hearing `` were a success , '' the hospital says . Queen Elizabeth Hospital : She is stable , `` awake and talking to staff and members of her family '' October 's five-hour surgery is the latest step on a long road to recovery for the teen activist . In Saturday the Queen Elizabeth Hospital gunmen shot her in the head and neck .