Malala Yousafzai: Persevering Activist

Growing up in Taliban controlled Pakistan, Malala and her family were concerned with women’s education in their home. She became a BBC blogger, writing about what it was like living under the Islamic extremists. She was a strong advocate for education, publicly speaking about the issue and winning several awards. In 2012, the Taliban considered her a threat, and boarded her school bus, shooting her in the head. Malala was 14 years old. She survived the attack, receiving treatment in England. From these traumatic events, she rose to become a global figure and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate of all time. Her book, I am Malala, the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, is a memoir of her experiences that is read throughout the world. Malala’s misfortune played a huge role in bringing to center stage, and in making her the influential women she is today. If she had never been attacked, she would not have made the global impact she

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.

People at first viewed her as a young girl that was just sticking up for what she wanted, whereas later she was viewed as a strong independent woman. After speaking out to the world multiple times, the chances of the Taliban attacking her grew enormously. They hated the fact that she was rebelling against them instead of following their rules. She continued on, even after being harassed by the Taliban to back down. Malala was secured until one day when she was riding the bus to school. The Taliban had raided the bus and shot her. “...Malala was in bad shape. The bullet had destroyed her left ear…but miraculously she clung to her life,” the article stated. Although, Malala never surrendered to the Taliban, instead, she had persistence and kept going, even though she was hurt. After the unfortunate incident, Malala gained, even more, supporters. People realized that she was so “...dedicated to teaching students and helping students and empowering students,” since she had the passion and ability to inspire as it said in “What is a Role Model? Five Qualities that Matter to Teens” by Marilyn Price-Mitchell. She was able to be so successful that she won the Nobel Peace Prize in the year of 2014, at the age of 17, being the youngest ever to be awarded the

Malala Yousafzai is a women and children activist born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12th 1997. While growing up, she began advocating for the right to education among girls . Due to her persistence and determination in her activism, on October 9th 2012 Malala was shot on her way home from school by a gunman. She survived the incident and became more passionate towards her fight for education for young females. This incident gave her popularity and in 2013 Malala became nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, which she won in 2014. Malala became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (Yousafzai 481). Due to the problems that young females had been facing in Pakistan and worldwide, it was essential to understand her education, the oppression by the Taliban, the devotion towards her religion named Islam and activism on the basis of the novel ‘I Am Malala’.

Yousafzai is still a devoted advocate for education. In 2013, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn’t win. The next year, she was named a nominee again, and won. At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The young activist continued to take action on global education by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. Malala Yousafzi is truly inspirational, and doesn’t take no for an answer. That is why

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 Yousafzai was born July 12,1997 in Mingora, Pakistan located the Swat Valley. She was the first born of Ziauddin and Tor Pekai Yousafzai, but she also has two younger brothers.  Malala had a "thirst for knowledge"2 early in her life since her father undoubtedly supported education and ran a school. Malala told stories, through her father, about how when she was little she would act as though she was

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Women’s Right Activist, is known for her fight against Educational rights, especially for women. Malala is an example we should all follow. She has shown perseverance throughout her whole life. “Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education.” Malala didn’t listen to them and kept quite like everyone else, instead she fought. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice become powerful.” Malala believed that education is important, and no one has right to steal that from her, or anyone else. “She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012” because she was working against the Taliban. She survived this attacked and moved to England. Even after being

Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12 1997, in Mingora,pakistan. She stood up for girls education from a really young age. Malala got shot when she was 15 years old. She got shot by the taliban. She got shot in the head and she survived. The good thing it didn't go through her brain . Malala has been advocating for girls education since she was 11 years old

“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

Though Malala was frightened for the safety of her father, she and her family initially felt that the fundamentalist group would not actually harm a child. On October 9, 2012, however, on her way home from school, a man boarded the bus Yousafzai was riding and demanded to know which girl was Malala. When her friends looked toward Malala, her location was given away. Fired at her, the gunman watched his bullet penetrate Malala in the left side of her head and through her neck. Left in critical condition, Malala was flown to a military hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, where a portion of her skull was removed to treat her swelling brain. To receive further care, she was transferred to Birmingham,

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

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.

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

Malala Yousafzai was born July 12, 1997 in the Swat District of Mingora, Pakistan. Fittingly named after Afghan martyr Malalai, Yousafzai was born into a family who cherished her femininity in a culture that typically grieved it. Her father, educational activist and teacher Ziauddin