I Am Malala

When I was in grade 10, I read a biography titled, I am Malala, a story of the youngest girl who got a novel prize. She was a 15-year-old Pakistani girl when the story took place. In her country, some group of people, particularly the Taliban, deemed that the men are more predominant than the women, so they believed that girls should not be in a school but only in a household. People usually described her as a brave young girl who had fought for the education with justice even though she got menaced of death.

Earlier in the book, the author, Malala, described a story of her childhood and her ideology the fair treatment between the man and the woman. There was a group of people called the Taliban strongly intimidated with the education for girls. Nevertheless the education for women was intimidated, Malala never gave up on her opinion but rather chose to fight for justice and fairness over the education of for everyone.

This had stimulated me a lot. I was grateful that there was no prejudice and oppression in the school. As there is an idiom, “Knowledge is power”, education has the power to lead us into a better world and future. It reduces poverty, increases economic growth, saves people’s lives, and prevents deaths from disasters. Since my home country promoted compulsory education, I took the opportunity for granted. However, there are still a group of people who cannot get education; even if they could get, there are limitations. They are fighting for their rights to get education. Malala has changed the way I look at the world. She fought for injustice of not only women but also for the weak all around the world. Her assertion over the education for women allowed me having a dream to be a member of UNHRC to protect and stand up for their freedom of rights and offer education to everyone in the world without any