What if suddenly your school shut down, and you only wanted a good education, and one day, someone tries to kill you for that. You never committed a crime, didn’t anything that seemed to be wrong, yet people want you dead. Would you still stand up for the people at your school, or back down in fear? Teen activists are passionate about their cause, ready to handle criticism, and they take action, doing everything they in their power to make the world a better place. Lots of teen activists such as Malala Yousafzai, Zhan Haite, and Hannah Godefa are speaking out for the 70 million kids around the world without an education.
One well-known education activist, Malala Yousafzai, is known as the girl who didn’t back down after getting shot and miraculously surviving. She showed her passion when she kept fighting for what she believed in, and didn’t back down.October 9, 2012, a typical day. Or so she thought. Malala boarded her school bus, she didn’t know of the Taliban coming for her. A gunman approached her, and asked who Malala was... and she answered. The Taliban shot
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When she went to her parents' hometown, Axum, she became close friends with a girl her age there. Hannah wanted to keep in touch with her as a pen pal, but she soon discovered that her friend did not have the materials, such as pencils, to do so. Hannah decided to advocate for girls to have an equal chance at education. In an interview, she states "...if a parent has an opportunity to choose between sending a boy or girl to school, it is almost always the boy that is chosen." Hannah is trying to change this. She faces many challenges, such as, trying to break the mentality of Ethiopian village leaders that girls should stay home and take care of housework. “It is not always easy to break through this mentality.”she says. She obviously does whatever possible to fulfill her
Courageous: Malala was aware of the Taliban coming after her for contradicting them. So on October 9, 2012, Malala had been shot in the head by a gunman while coming home from school. She manages to survive the bullet to the head. After that incident, she still makes her speeches in order to keep her movement moving forward into a deeper process. This shows that not even a bullet to the head will slow down Malala from making a difference not only in Pakistan but around the world.
The journey of Malala’s life has been fighting to get education for young girls of Pakistan. Malala wants to show everyone how valuable girls are and that they don’t need to be hidden away from the public, “My mother always told me,’hide your face, people are looking at you.’ I would reply, ‘it does not matter; I am also looking at them’” (Yousafzai 43). Malala will no longer stand for
First, Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani civil rights activist fighting for equal education in her country. Both Malala and her father, who ran a school close to their house, were threatened by the Taliban to stop allowing girls to go to the school and stop speaking outright about equal rights. However, Malala was already an advocate for girls education, writing on a BBC blog under a pseudonym, and neither her nor her father would back down. As a result, the Taliban attacked Malala’s bus one day as she was going to school, singling her out, the terrorists shot her three times and injured some of her friends. Although she
At first, Hannah was a pesty, teenage girl who didn’t care about her family or religion. After undergoing a harsh journey, Hannah soon began to change her attitude. She now understands her family and her heritage better. As Hannah’s mind shifts, the theme is developed. Hannah understands how the events in a person’s life can impact the person they are today. In addition, she learned that it is important to remember our history. Those who do not remember the past are destined to repeat
Malala started her heroic journey when she started blogging under a pen name “Gul Makai” how life is with the Taliban for the BBC. She knew that by doing this she was taking a risk, but for her, the risk was worth it if she could get girls to have an education. She was able to go back to school when
Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. New York: Little, Brown and, 2013. Print.
Hannah Creedon was born in Dripsey, Ireland in 1863. She grew up in poverty and decided to follow relatives to Newburyport in 1881, hoping to find work that uneducated 18 year old girl was capable of doing. She moved in with an aunt on Dove street and got her first job as a domestic servant in the High Street home of Judge Thomas C Simpson. After a short time, dissatisfied with the degrading work and poor wages, she left for the shoe shops and for the Brown Square Hotel (Now known as The Garrison Inn.) Where she worked as a cook. Frequently working 2 jobs, saving and saving, and in six years -in 1887- Hannah managed to earn enough money to purchase a double house, at 10 Dove street, where she set up her home and took in tenants as well; in 1889 she purchased a property on Middle Street from George W Austin. A fire at the Dove
Maria Tallchief was considered America's first major prima ballerina, and was the first Native American to hold the rank. Maria was a member of the Osage Nation, Tallchief’s full name is Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, but she was also known as “Betty”. Her parents were Alexander Joseph Tallchief and Ruth Porter, of Scottish-Irish descent. Tallchief had five siblings, three were from her father’s first marriage.
Bibliography Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. N. p. : n.p., n.d. print.
Women in America do not have to worry about a terrorist group coming and taking their rights away. They have a government that protects them from these groups and makes sure they have the same rights as others. In the Middle East, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan, women are scared to speak too loudly. These women live in fear each day of their lives because if they make one small mistake it could mean their life. Yet, there are some people who are fighting for women’s rights, especially women’s education. Malala Yousafzai is a girl who fought for women’s education. At the age of eleven, Malala began writing a blog for BBC Urdu. The blog described how she was upset that women’s education under the Taliban would be forced to stop. Malala also appeared on national television talking about women’s education. She has become a symbol of resistance against the Taliban. Even after Malala was put on the Taliban’s hit list, she continues to speak out about what she felt needed to be said. Malala would give her life for this cause, and she almost did. On October 9, 2012, Malala was on her way home from her morning classes when a man walked on to her bus and asked, “Who is Malala”. When she said it was her he shot her. The bullets hit her head and her leg. The Taliban ordered for her to be shot because she was promoting western culture in Pashtun areas. In another case Mukhtar Mai stood up for women’s rights and was sexually assaulted by multiple men with orders from the tribal council. The tradition in Mukhtar’s tribe was that a woman who is sexually assaulted by multiple men should kill herself, but instead of committing suicide she fought for her cause (Samira 28-30). Although the Taliban restricts women’s education for religious reaso...
Strength, power and courage was born.” Malala continued to lead activist groups and conferences after being shot. She demonstrates persistence by continuing to speak out about the importance of access to education for women. In her grew courage, bravery and
In I am Malala it shows that she was willing to die for her rights and everyone else’s. When she started to go to school, she knew the dangers but she kept going.Her honor was so big that the Taliban thought it would gather supporters and so they shot her.Her strength was enormous she had to fight her way to the top so she can be heard.“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” (malala) She also had to fight the fear of the threats.“The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.” (malala)
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In the fall of 2012, a young Pakistani female was shot in the head by the Taliban while riding the bus home from school, but being shot was only one of the trails Malala Yousafzai was to overcome. Malala’s injuries were too great to be dealt with in hospitals in Pakistan; thus, she was transferred to England to undergo surgery. While in England Malala’s story became so popular that the United Nations heard of how she was shot and as a result, she had become an advocate for education; therefore, on July of 2013, at the age of sixteen, Malala, was invited to speak about her experience at the United Nation’s headquarters in New York. Her speech was intended to inform people of an epidemic that has invaded not only the Middle East but also
There are many teen activists in the world and I am going to write about how they fight there cause. Some of these include social media, TV, newspapers, fundraisers, and other online sources, such as websites. Today I will share with you how they do there work.