I Am Malala's Fight For Education

When she was finally able to go back to school, she was shot in the head by a Taliban member. After she recuperated, she was more determined than ever to succeed in school and prevent this from happening to anybody else. Her high school success, activism, and determination led her to win a Nobel Peace Prize at the age of seventeen. Since then Malala has entered Oxford University due to her passion for education in high school, and has helped women get education in underdeveloped or taken over

But, despite being banned from learning in her hometown, Malala continued learning and bettering herself. she got to the point where she could speak out against the Taliban and against their discrimination. Malala, all grown up, still continues to look for different ways to protect women and women’s equality, saying “From then on, whenever someone asks, what are your plans? I’d reply, to continue fighting for girls’ right to an education”(Malala 34). This shows that Malala, even in her later years, will continue to stand for her rights and make sure that no other girl growing up in the Middle East has to deal with what she had to.

Malala is a young teenager who demands that girls should be allowed to receive an education, while she challenges the Taliban in Pakistan. As a child, she became aware of the advocates for girls to go to school. Her activism resulted in a nomination for the International Children's Peace Prize in 2011. On October 9, 2012, she gained global attention when she survived an assassination attempt by a Taliban gunman, who shot her on the left side of her face. However, this did not stop her from insisting that girls deserve an education. As a matter of fact, this pushed her to go around and inform the girls of their rights. In October 2014, Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize for her bravery; at age 17, she became the youngest person to acquire this award. Malala continues to speak out about her right, and the right of all women, to get an education. Today, the Malala Fund has become an organization that empowers girls to achieve their potential and become confident and strong leaders in their own

Belen Castillejos. Kelli Magargal. English 100 3 November, 2014. I am Malala Today in the United States, freedom is taken for granted by almost all citizens. People think that because of the way our government is structured, not having freedom will never be an issue.

As a Young Girl Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education, she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 but Servived and went on to receive the Nobel peace prize. It was almost two years to the day when Malala was shot that she was awarded the Nobel peace prize. she was 17 and the youngest recipient to receive it she shared the distinguished award with Kailash Satyarthi, another Childrens rights activist. she's a minor, at 17 years old Malala is the youngest recipient of the nobel peace prize since it's inception in 1901. she been advocating for girls education since she was 11 in 2009, Malala started blogging about living under Taliban rule for the BBC.

Malala Yousafzai speaks out after she was shot by the Taliban on the left side of her head for attending school. She then decided to recount the event and write a speech which she presented to the United Nations. Her speech was intended to bring awareness to people that education should be available to males and females.

October ninth, two-thousand twelve, fifteen year old Malala Yousafzai boarded a school bus which would take her and other students home from school. The school bus was stopped by two members of the Pakistani Taliban. One went to the front of the bus to interrogate the bus driver. The second man entered the passenger part of the bus, called for Malala by name and fired three times. One of the bullets hit Malala at point blank near her left eye, traveled down into her shoulder and became lodged.

Malala was a special girl. She lived in Mingora, Pakistan, where it eventually was controlled by Taliban. She attended a school that her father founded which was taken away by the laws against education for girls that the Taliban was creating to destroy. In the year of 2009, she became a blogger for BBC to talk about the horror of the control that the Taliban were achieving. But on the same year, she was threatened was eventually shot in the head by a Taliban. It was an ordinary day and “Malala was sitting in her school bus when a man climbed on board and demanded to know “Which one of you is Malala?” When she answered, “I am Malala”, the man opened fire” (Kennedy- Macfoy). However she survived the bullet and actually gave one of the biggest messages ever, education for all girls. No one knew should would live and will make a change on the gender roles towards education, especially the Tailban who thought they have gotten away of the assassination. She gave a lot of speeches towards this powerful disapproval of women education and to create a stand that women deserve the right to education themselves. As her ideas and message became to spread, “she became one of the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize” (Kettler). She also got her own day called Malala day on July 12, 2015 where she continued to take action on women education and with Malala funds she was able to open a school in Lebanon. Malala became a symbol over the education for girls and the disagreement towards gender

Malala was only 10 and as she already understood the major issue of her home country, Pakistan, as regards to their position on women’s rights. She realized in Pakistan women did not have as many rights as men such as the right of education. From that moment, she knew that she would fight for peace and democracy for the Pakistan women in her future.

And because of this, on Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school by the Taliban. Barely grazing her skull, she survived and had a miraculous recovery. Luckily, she was transferred to a hospital in Birmingham with safer conditions to recover. It was then too dangerous for her family to return to Swat so they stayed in the UK. Now Malala goes all around the world raising her voice towards the importance of having an education. She is even the youngest person to ever receive a Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17. In the end of the novel, she wrote her reason of writing this book: to bring awareness to the many children being denied the right of an education and to bring empowerment to the many young women reading

Throughout the span of the human race, many people and organization have stood up for the right of others. Some scientists raced against time to produce vaccines that saved millions if not billions of lives. On the other hand, many speakers traveled across the globe to promote individual’s freedom and rights. In wartime, more people regardless of their backgrounds worked tirelessly to save lives of many individuals who faced genocide. Undoubtedly, history has foretold that at any moment in time, people are working tremendously so that other people may have a better world to live. Regarding education, Malala Yousafzai, known as Malala, has put all her efforts in promoting education to every child living on earth. She was a target of an insurgent group, but now she is the savior of many children. Thanks to her works, many children now have an education which they have never once dreamed they would have. Her moral courage will be a legacy that she leaves for humans.

You may be wondering who this girl is well i'm here to tell you all about her wonderful accomplishments. Malala Yousafzai is an advocate for girls education. Malala lived in Pakistan where the taliban has full control on what they want before the taliban Pakistan use to be a place where tourist would come for summer festivals. Malala has been using her platform to help girls all over the world to get the education they desire. She has inspired people to help make a change for these girls. If you're free to get an education don't take it for granted were not the ones getting shot at for going to school.

The book I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb is about a teenaged girl named Malala Yousafzai who got shot in the head by the Taliban for standing up for female education. The book begins in Mingora, Pakistan - where Malala lives - in October 6, 2012. She is riding a bus until it stops and a man walks on demanding for Malala to reveal herself. Albeit she didn’t reveal herself, he shot her in the head assuming she was Malala since she wasn’t wearing a burqa (a female veil).

Malala Yousafzai was a talented and brave young woman who had one goal in life: to get an education and encourage others to do the same. Born in Pakistan, Malala did not grow up with many resources, but she was lucky enough to have a father that shared the same goal as her. At the young age of fifteen, she was shot in the face by the Taliban for standing up for girls’ rights to an education. Although the recovery time was long and hard, the Taliban did not silence her as she continued her campaign. This eventually led her to opening her own school in Yemen and writing the novel I Am Malala. As someone who highly values education and bravery, her story made me interested in learning more about her culture, family, and experiences.

Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for going to school, and on July 12, 2013, at the age of 16, she delivered a speech promoting education for girls. She has become a champion for