She Is Malala
Did you know that in Pakistan over three million girls are prevented from receiving an education ? The girls want to be able to attend school but there are people where they live that don't believe girls should be able to attend school or get jobs. They believe women should not be given powerful roles. They believe that a woman's job is to stay home and take care of the house , the husband , and the kids. Malala was a woman who did great things by standing up against a regime enforced by the Taliban she also went on to make history by winning the nobel peace prize for her book “ I am Malala” .
“How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education ?” (Malala Yousafzai) Currently in Pakistan the Taliban is trying to prevent young girls and woman from receiving an education or getting jobs. The Taliban is a group that took over power of the northern section of Afghanistan. The Taliban's regime included preventing females from going to school or
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The nobel peace prize is an international award given annually for outstanding work in multiple fields. Malala received a nobel peace prize in literature for her book “ I am Malala”. Malala wasn't alone in receiving the award her father also received half credit for his contribution to the book. Her father also believed in education for all people no matter their gender or race. This was an achievement not only for her but for all women and girls around the world and for all people around the world. This proved not only that woman can do anything they want to but also that no matter where you come from you can still do great things. Malala said herself "This award is not just for me. It is for those forgotten children who want education. It is for those frightened children who want peace. It is for those voiceless children who want
The book "I am Malala" is story about a young girl who stands up for women's education. Malala lives in Swat Valley in Pakistan. Malala describes the Swat Valley as beautiful and amazing. But the Swat Valley turns completely upside down when the Taliban arrive. The place that Malala once loved became a nightmare. The Taliban believed that girls should not go to school and not get education. Malala loved school more than anything and still went to school even though her father and she received death threats from the Taliban. The Taliban blew up all girls' schools all across Swat, leaving more than hundreds of kids' dead and harassed women who did not follow the Taliban's rules. These threats and actions of the Taliban did not stop Malala
Zach Prickett Mrs. Ligon Period 5th 9/18/14 Our Rights or No Rights Where would you be without your rights? What would you be able to do without these rights?
The teens tell people about what there doing and are making a speech. Malala got help from her dad and made the speech. Malala has a website about her helping girls to get education just like the boys do and get treated fairly. Lots of girls did not have education. Malala school got shut down because of the taliban. Malala got shot by the taliban because of her speech about girls education. Then she want to the hospital and they all found that she survived that deadly shot and she never gave up she still went on.
When she started her canpane she was only 12 years old. For instance the artical “Malala the Powerful” by Kristin Lewis states that “The gunman opened fire. One bullet pierced Malala’s head near her left eye.” Therefor she was shot at pointblank by the Taliba. The Taliban is a group of people that took over Swate valley. The Taliban would also torcher other citizins in Swate Valley if they don’t do what the Taliban like or wont them to do. Another example is in the John Sterert intervew John asked, “where you skared when you found out the Taliban where looking for you.” Malala’s answer was, “No, I was more scared of them hirting my father.” Malala has a found called the “Malala found” and you can donate online in only a cuple of
Malala had determination to have women's rights to get an education. She was determined to have boys and girls in one classroom. This theme first comes into play when Malala would sneak to school trying not to get caught. She was determined to go to school even though it was very dangerous. Malala was determined to get the word out to other girls.
Malala was just going to school when the Taliban ordered her father Ziauddin Yousafzai to shut his school down but he decided. How dare the Taliban take away my basic rights to education" Malala's speech in Peshawar, Pakistan. For years Malala and her family got
The book, I Am Malala, gave a powerful message about activism, family, women’s rights, but most importantly, the power of education. Malala Yousafzai had a very strong belief in education and would not stop at anything to guarantee that every child was able to go to school. Malala grew up believing that education was the key to success, but not everyone else believed that. Malala lived in a society where women were not treated as equals, and soon appeared laws prohibiting women’s right to attend school. Malala was extremely determined to continue her education, she even snuck to school, hid her books and abandoned her school uniform so she would not be noticed. Malala becomes vocal about education and gives her opinion in interviews for many news stations. Many people in her country feared to express their opinions, however, Malala wanted to be the change. Malala expressed her belief that “If people were silent, nothing would change.” (Yousafzai 140). Although Malala knew that it was dangerous to speak against the Taliban, she suggests her opinions in interviews to draw international attention to her cause. Malala dreamed of getting an education so she could become a politician and help her country. But when she was 10, the Taliban took control of her town, making it a law that girls were banned from
First, Malala Yousafzai, she fought for girls’ right to education for this, “Malala won Pakistan’s National Youth Peace prize, which has since been renamed the National Malala Peace Prize. In 2014, she was awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.” Malala is ambitious because she wants to help other people no matter the threat that the Taliban were giving Malala. Malala has succeeded in getting a message out that every girl
Malala Yousafzai believes that education is a basic right for every person. Malala, born July twelfth, nineteen ninety-seven is an activist for girls education. She was shot at just fifteen years old as a result of her life as an activist. Malala was nominated for the twenty-thirteen Nobel Peace Prize, but she did not win it. Many people have mixed feelings about the outcome of her nomination for the prestigious award. Malala believes that education is the basic right of boys and girls, men and women everywhere. The controversy which surrounds her life is a direct result of these beliefs, and is the reason she was shot.
Malala Yousafzai is the youngest person to have ever won the Nobel Peace Prize, one of only 16 women to have won the prize, and the only woman from Pakistan to have won the prize. Malala won that prize for standing up for the social issues of Pakistan and almost getting killed for standing up for what’s right. There are several issues going on in Pakistan but more specifically in the valley of Swat. The social issues going on in Pakistan are gender discrimination, education rights, and extremism.
Education might not be the cure of the world’s problem but it’s important to be knowledgeable. It’s important to have an education because without it, it makes a person vulnerable to be guided in the wrong direction. Not everyone believes education is important in life and especially for a woman. Malala Yousafzai tells us her story and her fight for education in her book I am Malala. She tells us about her families struggle for the right of education and not just education in general but education for woman. She was raised in Pakistan and its one the counties in which some people believe a woman should not go to school or have freedom. Education was not as easy for her as other girls around the world. Sometimes people don’t take education as a privileged but as a right, but unfortunately it’s not this case everywhere and it wasn’t the case for Malala. She was also able to see by firsthand how illiteracy can be a danger to a person and how others can take advantage of it.
With support worldwide, she began to speak publically about her story and even wrote a book, “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban.” She didn’t stop there. Malala co-founded the Malala Fund to help other students globally going through the same struggles. As an advocate, she has traveled to Jordan, Kenya, and Nigeria to speak out against other terrorist groups like the Taliban that tries to stop girls for going to school. All of these strides to help with education won her a Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17, one of the youngest recipients. According to the Nobel Prize Organization, she is “funding education projects in six countries and working with international leaders, the Malala Fund joins with local partners to invest in innovative solutions on the ground and advocates globally for quality second education for girls.” When she accepted the award, she reiterated “this award is not just for me. It is for those forgotten children who want education. It is for those frightened children who want peace. It is for those voiceless children who want
Across the world people think of Malala Yousafzai as one of the most revolutionary women in the world for her stance against heresy and gender discrimination. She has showed through example that she is willing to give her life in the defense of her beliefs regarding women’s rights to education. Malala is an equal rights activist; she continually fights for women to have the same rights as all other people. Malala has endured a long and dangerous path to make people aware of the discrimination and dangers that women are facing in Pakistan and all over the world. Her famous journey and non-violent methods has had a profound effect and has resulted in the world taking a more active part in her fight for equal rights and women 's education.
Malala Yousafzai’s is a women’s activist for youth education, but primarily for girls. On July 12th, 2013, she delivered an address at the Youth Takeover of the United Nation. This speech is powerful, eye opening and deserves to be heard. She is addressing two audiences, one being the people that follow her same belief for education, some of those people would be at this convention and the other being the people that disagree with her purpose, like the Taliban. Yousafzai was in 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, which used to be a popular tourist destination. As of now the region has been taken into control of the Taliban. Her father is also an anti- Taliban activist and educator. She, her father and tons of others just want thing to be like they used to. Where they had a safe neighborhood and didn't have to worry about violence. She delivered a speech riddled with excellent use of rhetoric to convey her argument. Malala’s whole purpose for her fight for education of the youth is so that it will stop future violence, She displays this purpose in her speech by using outward focus, compassion and personal experience to her audiences.
The right to education is one important fundamental justice that everyone should have, but most times that right is denied. There 's many reasons why people, states or countries may not take education seriously. Pakistan is one country that has the most curtailment on education towards women. Malala Yousafazi became a young activist, she stood up for her people in Pakistan to restore the rights of education to women. Her journey began when she was just the age of fifteen; she was shot on her head near the school bus by the Taliban in 2012. After her surgery recovery, she addressed a speech to the youth in New York on July 12th. In 2013, Malala and her father co-founded the "Malala Fund" in supporting young girls like her. Malala accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on December tenth, 2014 with Indian children 's rights. She bravely continues to work hard and strive for education justice so that, one day, every child will receive an education.