Malala Yousafzai is a well-known activist for women’ education from Pakistan. She has blogged, delivered speeches, and persuaded lawmakers in reaction to the Pakistani Taliban, and the violent acts and harassment against young women in the area. After she was shot by a terrorist, she quickly became a global symbol of the ongoing battle for women’s education . She is a politically informed, smart, well prepared, eloquent, and courageous young woman who has sacrificed her life to campaign for her own and other girls’ rights. I have read her book and have the utmost respect for her.
Malala Yousafzai opposed the Taliban in Pakistan when she was a only a young girl and insisted that women should be able to attend school, just like how men were. In 2012, a Taliban member shot her in the head, but she lived. She reovered from this near death experience and came back stronger. Malala grew up in a culture where men were valued more than women. She was used to men telling her what she can and couldn’t do. When she finally had enough she did something about it.
By 2010 Yousafzai’s tv appearances and popularity in the local and international media had established her as a young blogger. She started to gain universal praise for her advocacy after her name was revealed. In 2011 she was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize. Due to her actions, there has been huge improvement in accessibility to education and rising attendance rates, especially for women and girls. In early schools, both girls and boys now have equal opportunities. She published a novel and became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize when she was only seventeen. She was admitted to Oxford University, and is studying history, economics, and politics. She transformed her ordeal into a chance to continue fighting for activism, which makes her so admirable to both other girls and I.
