Malala Yousafzai: A Teen Activist

There is one teen activist that has a special story and that teen activist is Malala. Malala is a very powerful person and here is why When Malala was 12 years of age her school was shut down by the taliban. When Malala hard of this she was very mad she wants every girl in school because she believes that all girls are equal to boy if not stronger. Because of this belief the taliban shoot her in close rang in the face. Malala was rushed to a hospital in England. Malala was was paralyzed on the left side. After Malala got out of the hospital she started “Malala Found”. I got all this information from “Malala The Daily Show”. As you can see Malala is a very powerful person.

There are many activist and teen activist for example, Martin Luther King Jr, Rigoberta Menchú, Rosa Parks, Alex Lin, Iqbal, and more. Some still or once were fighting for and speaking out about a problem that is really important and really needs to be changed or fixed. Malala is one of the many important teen activists, and she fights for girls right to education and she is making a big difference on the topic of girl’s education

Activists are people who speak up for rights or demands no matter what, even when they are threatened, some are older and some are younger.The three teen activist that are in this essay are Rowan Blanchard and Malala Yousafzai .They are helping kids and teens with difficulties they have, like bullying, education and human rights.

Albert Einstein once said, “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” (Albert Einstein Quotes). Activists are not born, they are made. All activists start from seeing injustice or cruelty in the world. Malala Yousafzai, Jack Andraka, and Rasia Khepra are proof of this.

"The terrorists thought that they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life, except this: weakness, fear, and hopelessness died. Strength, power, and courage was born" - Malala Yousafzai (“Malala Yousafzai”, Newsmakers). In 1997, Yousafzai was born in Swat Valley, a large Pakistani district, which later was overrun and governed by the Taliban. The Islamic fundamentalist group banned education for girls, but she did not let their threatening influence change her passion for education. Malala Yousafzai’s life was full of hardships, but with her dedication and perseverance, she was able to defy expectations and become an international symbol for women’s rights.

It began as an ordinary day in Mingora, Pakistan, for a young girl returning home from school on her school bus. Suddenly, a masked gunman rushed into the bus and shouted, “Who is Malala?” Her friends on the bus looked back at her, and in the blink of an eye she was shot on the left side of her face. This incident was the spark that ignited a call for change in education around the world. Malala Yousafzai was the face of this change. She made significant contributions to female education rights by being an education activist and urging children to speak out and fight for their rights. She forever changed the lives of Pakistani girls who today benefit from free education and resources with numerous schools around their country.

Malala Yousafzai is not only a nineteen year-old Pakistani teenager, but also a nationally recognized activist. Yousafzai advocates for the improvement of access to education with a focus on young girls and young women throughout the world. Yousafzai additionally promotes gender equality and overall world peace. Being that she was born in the male dominated country of Pakistan in 1997, she has first-hand experienced the systematic oppression faced by women residing in the country. Her activism stemmed from her love and passion for attending school and overall learning and education—traits from which she inherited from her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai whom is a Pakistani diplomat. Through her activism, Yousafzai has received multiple honors such as Pakistan’s first National Youth Peace Prize in 2011 as well as a nomination for the International Children’s Peace prize also in 2011. Her activism has also procured her national recognition and increased her popularity, both of which had upset Taliban leaders. Taliban leaders voted to kill her and in 2012, Yousafzai survived an assassination attempt in which she was shot in the face by a Taliban member in Pakistan’s swat valley as she. In

My last example of a teen activist is Malala Yousafzai, she stands up for women's freedom and women's education. According to ABC news Some challenges she faced was the Taliban, they would threaten her and eventually they shot her in the head. But that did not stop her. She was rushed to a hospital in England where she had surgery to remove the bullet from her head. After her recovery she started to speak out again about what happened to her and other girls at the hands of the Taliban. Imagine how brave she is, she got shot and still was strong enough to speaking out. But she was not alone. She got her inspiration from her Dad. He was a teacher who believed that if men are allowed to go to school then women should be allowed to go to school

Activism is is the action or policy of campaigning to bring about political or social change. That enough is hard to do, but imagine doing that as a teenager. Teen activism is fighting for what you believe in, making a difference, and making yourself heard. Teen activism is seeing a problem in your community and fighting to fix that problem. Teen activism takes courage, guts, determination, integrity, and so much more. Teen activists are special in the world, they do amazing things by choice. Some think “that's not our problem they can deal with it” or “ someone else is dealing with it “. Malala, Alex Libby, and Craig K could not ignore what was happening to our world or themselves.

The first way that a teen can become an activist is by going through the struggle themselves. They experienced how horrible it was themselves and they wanted to make sure other people didn’t endure what they had to endure. One example of that is Malala Yousafzai. She was just a girl trying to get an education, but when the Taliban bombed her school, rather than shrinking down in fear and letting the Taliban order them around, Malala stood up for what she

Malala Youafzai is now a inspiring activist for women's education. Malala has a strong passion for education and loved school as a child. She lived in terriable circumstances in which a radical terrorist group, the Taliban, was terrorizing her city. Enforcing cruel strict Islamic law Malala bravly spoke out against the Taliban. Through many courages and tragic events Malala was globaly noticed, bringing attention to the issues of childrens and womens education and influencing millions of people.

1“I reassured my mother that it didn’t matter to me if my face was not symmetrical. Me, who had always cared about my appearance, how my hair looked! But when you see death, things change. 'It doesn’t matter if I can’t smile or blink properly, ' I told her. 'I’m still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life '".”

Sharing her father’s passion for learning, Malala Yousafzai is a young, children’s and women’s rights activist in the Middle East. As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. After being targeted, Malala was shot in the head, however, she survived. Even with a target on her head, Malala stood up for her rights and continued to defy the Taliban.

Teen activists always have something that they are fighting for. Something that they believe in so strongly. One example of a teen activist is Malala Yousafzai. A group of terrorists called the Taliban came to Swat Valley, Pakistan where she lived. The Taliban believed that women should not be educated. This is significant because, they would bomb schools who allowed girls, but, still Malala continued speaking out about women's education. During an interview with Jon Stewart, Malala said “why don’t we stand up for our rights?” She really believed in something and she was willing to fight for it. Another teen activist is Faye Carey. She is against animal abandonment. She has a Facebook page where she advertises puppies that have ended up in the pound, on her page and tries to give them a new home. Although, she has not done anything really big yet, she is inspiring others around the world and still making a big difference. Alex Lin is also a teen activist. He wants to stop people from throwing out so much toxic waste. He wants to prevent people from throwing away lots of old electronic waste. Alex Lin will take all of this waste and fix the computers. He will then use

Teen activist all thrive to make the world a better place, they fix the world's mistakes. They improve, and work toward a goal. No matter how they start or how big the goal those are teen activist. Teen activist are conscientious, innovative, and traumatized , I will be writing about Malala Yousafzai who fought for women’s education, Alex Lin who help slow down e-waste, and Iqbal Masih who fought for the freedom of three thousand kids