Easton Lachappelle Research Paper

As a teenager, it is easy to feel lost, hide in the crowd, and then lose our voice. Malala Yousafzai inspires us to be courageous. She bravely spoke of her opinion and stood up for her education. Now it’s our turn to voice our opinion about something that we think is right. It is now our turn to take education seriously, just like what Malala

Malala Yousafzai’s home town in the Swat Valley of Pakistan is where her journey first takes place where oppression against womens education is enforced by Taliban rule. The Taliban staunchly opposed Malala’s fierce beliefs in the right for women to have an education and they did their best to silence her voice. Malala and the other women in the Swat Valley were forced to obey their oppressive regime and not gain an education. Despite the harsh climate against her Malala spoke up against this tyranny with the faith that she could cause a change for the better. Unfortunately due to this she was singled out and faced severe retaliation. A Taliban gunman stopped her school bus and proclaimed that she must be punished for insulting the

  In today's modern world various amounts of people are deprived of education, particularly, women and children. Many those who are deprived are voiceless and cannot receive a proper education. In countries like Pakistan, women cannot easily obtain an education. People like, Malala Yousafzai. A nineteen-year-old whose perception on education and women's rights have inspired and moved the world through activism. Since youth, Malala Yousafzai’s journey always advocated for education and women's rights. Her strong proposition did not spark everyone's support. Malala Yousafzai had a strenuous journey in having people aware of the bias women face. Her opposite cognizance endangered her life and grasped attention from all over the world. All the obstacles Malala Yousafzai faced helped her continue her activist work and has been rewarded major awards due to her awareness of what she believes in. Although Malala Yousafzai is inspiring she is controversial, looking at what happened in the incident at a bigger picture. In conclusion, Malala Yousafzai's activism and determination could bring real change to a region where women and children are expected to keep silent. Her story is one of inspiration, courage, and perseverance

“I am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education. And today I am not raising my voice, it is the voice of those 66 million girls.” Malala Yousafzai makes this statement in her speech to the Nobel Committee as the first Pakistani and, at the age of sixteen, the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Award. Malala was unfortunately shot in the head by a member of the Taliban, due to the fact that she defied a culture that did not allow girls to have an education. Despite her brush with death, she not only recovered, but became a champion for the rights of children and girls around the world to receive an education. Malala delivered a speech before the Nobel Committee

“Thousands of people have been killed by the terrorists, and millions injured. I am just one of them…. here I stand ….. I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard.” (Yousafzai) Her use of that quote gets people’s attention so that they listen to her and they are more likely to speak up for the education rights for others as well as those who have been attacked by terrorists. She goes on to talk about how she was shot and how that situation helped her. “The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions…nothing changed in my life except this: weakness fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born. I am the same Malala.”(Yousafzai) In this quote she mentions how she is the same girl but she has more courage. This quote spoke to me because, in everyday life, people try to do stuff to put you down, or so that they can have power over you. There are some people that let that affect them and they stop trying, however, some people use that as fuel to help them reach the top. “Dear brothers and sisters, we must not

When Malala was shot on October 10, 2014, it sent waves around the world. It was making education a household word, everyone was talking about it. Various opinions on how females should be educated, whether or not they deserve an education arose. Malala’s journey was important for females education because it was no longer something that could be ignored, it became a social issue that everyone would become passionate about like Malala. Like Malala said, “When the world is silent, one voice becomes powerful.” Her voice stood out, millions of people were listening to her, which is exactly what the Taliban did not want. Her voice could spark the world to question what they were doing, creating anarchy among those they control. Her being shot was the Taliban’s way of trying to silence her voice. That did not work if anything Malala’s voice became louder and stronger. The world was watching her recover, watching her grow stronger and continue her education. The Taliban only made Malala stronger and more inspired to ensure education equality for everyone. Malala said in her book, “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” Malala saw the impact she could have in the fight for education equality when the Taliban shot her. She was making waves around the world, bringing to light what was happening in Pakistan, but also many countries around the world that are also being affected by educational inequality. After her shooting, that passion was made

Malala risked her life to fight for girls’ education, but survived and is still fighting for the cause she deeply cares about. Many foreign countries such as Pakistan or Iraq believe that certain targeted groups don’t deserve a proper education because of certain ways that they live life. As a young girl fighting for such a controversial issue such as education, Malala understood the struggles of many uneducated students’ lives because she has lived it. She told the interviewer, “When you don’t have an education, your life is very much controlled by others” (Yousafzai 1). It is so difficult to go through life with no type of education, then one is unable to critically understand what certain things are which doesn’t help very much. If a person does receive an education, they understand the problems that people face and understands different areas. Throughout her fight for education, Malala felt the need to not just help fight this cause locally but also internationally because of people hearing about her courageous story. “The Malala Fund was created to help advocate education around the world” (Yousafzai 1). There are many different types

“Teenage girl Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for speaking up about girls education.” This was what most headlines in October 2012 consisted of. Millions of girls are denied an education globally. Their lives are changed at such a young age as most are forced into arranged marriages. Malala wasn’t silenced by a bullet, she spoke out. Girls education is being denied around the world and is being addressed because women’s rights matter.

In October of 2012, Malala Yousafzai was shot in Pakistan on her way home from school by a masked gunman. He came on her bus, asked for her by name and shot her once with the bullet going through her head, neck and shoulder. She survived but was in critical condition for almost 4 months all because she believed in her right to an education. In many parts of the world women are not always allowed to even attend school like women in the United States and Western world can. In many places in the Middle East and Africa women are required to stay home to learn to be proper mothers and wives and cannot obtain any type of higher education. In other cases, women are restricted in the kinds of jobs that they can have based on the outside

Malala Yousafzai taught us that your voice is a powerful weapon.”Today, Malala has become a powerful symbol of the struggle so many kids face”(Lewis 9). Because she rebelled, she helped 40 girls in Pakistan go to school. She also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 (Movie Notes). This is important because it shows that people should always speak out because it could change a lot.

“They will not stop me. I will get my education if it is in a home, school, or any other place” these are the words of Malala Yousafzai, a Nobel peace prize winner, a human rights activist, and a Pakistani girl, who has traditions, stories, and a unique experience. She was named after Malalai of Maiwand, the greatest heroine of Afghanistan, and she lives up to her name as a heroine for girls education. Despite the cultural traditions of Malala Yousafzai’s community, she has grown as a world leader in spreading world peace throughout the globe, through her challenges, her accomplishments, and her growth in publicity, with her common goal being an education for all girls.

There are 65 million girls around the world that still do not have access to an education. Many people do not realize it, but developed countries take education for granted. In today's society girls dread having to wake up early to go to school and learn for hours. Nevertheless, there are girls like Malala Yousafzai who would do anything to attend school even for an hour. Malala is a teenage girl who fought for her right to go to school no matter what stood in her way. Unfortunately, she was shot by the Taliban who thought otherwise. However, this did not stop her from continuing to pursue her dream of going to school. The Malala Fund was creating to help girls around the world that are denied access to an education. The point of this project was to inform society about the importance of an education and how people can make a difference.

In Malala Yousafzai’s speech to the United Nations in 2013, she outlines to the members of the United Nation her struggle to bring equal education opportunities to every child in the world. Long before her speech, Yousafzai was rallying for women to receive equal education in her native country of Pakistan, but her modern age view did not to sit well with the ruling terrorist faction in her country the Taliban. In an attempt to silence her, the Taliban made an attempt on Yousafzai’s life while she was a school bus filled with here fellow classmates. Thankfully Yousafzai survived the attempt on her life, and rather than cowering in fear Yousafzai’s held on to her beliefs and kept rallying for the cause she believes in. After campaigning for

On July 12, 2013, 16-year-old Malala Yousafzai, delivered her first public speech, to the United Nations Youth Takeover, where she persuasively articulated her aspiration to reach out to young, adolescent advocates the deficient nature of education, specifically in regards to women and young children. During Yousafzai’s advocacy for children’s right to education, her spoken ambition was to reach a global audience in hopes of bringing awareness to a troublesome issue. Likewise, throughout the speech, Yousafzai effectively expressed her gratitude to the people who have made an influence in her life, including the champions of the world Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah as well as the countless teachers she had who motivated her to persist in further educating herself. Nevertheless, she also commendably reveals through her Nobel Peace Prize Speech that the award is not only for herself, but, consequently, for those “disregarded” children who continually yearn for education on a daily basis. This successfully demonstrates that she is not above those children, but, instead, stands with them. In several illustrations, she conveys the notion that she is not going to stand idly by and witness young girls being denied their rightful education. Accordingly, Yousafzai deliberates, it is moral and upright to fight for what one believes in.

Throughout history there has been exceptional women who have impacted the world around them; Malala Yousafzai is one of them. Exceptional women are not defined by what they belief in, but rather how they respond when their beliefs are challenged. Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and has come to symbolize the plight of young girls around the world. Her resiliency and determination to achieve universal education is a testament to her strength. When the Taliban banned girls from attending school in Swat Valley, Malala became a crusader in the fight for girls education. Malala is a role model for people everywhere, especially young girls. She is a “testament to the feminine spirit that we often find as the most promising beacon at any frontier of human despair” (Hesford, 2012, 412). She had the courage to fight for justice and the conviction to stand up for what she believed in. Malala continues to fight for the rights of girls throughout the world and is impacting the lives of people everywhere. Barriers to education disproportionately affect girls as they continue to be denied access to education. Through activists like Malala, women’s rights, especially the right to education are given international attention. Malala had to overcome societal issues of hegemonic masculinity and oppression from the Taliban. This essay will discuss how her family, culture context have helped form her identity, how she has not performed the roles given to her and