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Malala Yousafazi: Standing Up For Women's Education Rights

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Malala Yousafazi is known mostly for standing up for women's education rights. Malala lived in Swat valley in pakistan. Her family runs a chain of schools, started by her father who taught Malala most of what she knows. Malala grew up with the Taliban who wanted to control Swat valley. The taliban made it even harder for Malala to get equal education rights for girls but she didn't give up. Women in pakistan are treated extremely different than men even from birth. When a boy is born they are celebrated but girls are hidden away because they bring shame to the family. Women are believed to only have two roles in live give birth to children and to cook. Its very hard for a women to get a job but if they can its not usually one they want. Malala

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