Malala Yousafzai: The Resilient Advocate for Girls' Education
Imagine living in a world where girls do not receive proper education and their lives and their fate is determined by someone else. They have no say in what they get to do with their lives, or if they are even allowed to do anything with their future at all. That is what Malala Yousafzai would have experienced if she had not stood up for herself, what many people face today in some countries. Malala was only a young girl when she began her crusade to provide girl's education and it continues to impact lives every day. Yousafzai was born in Swat, Pakistan in July of 1997 to another activist Ziauddin Yousafzai, her father, and Tor Pekai, her mother, who was a victim of the lack of
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Following after her father, Yousafzai became an activist for human rights and spoke out against the Taliban. She blogged her story in the beginning of 2009 in BBC about the conditions her and her family were facing. She spoke about the poor education they received, if they received it at all. This was all because of the attacks on schools in Pakistan afflicted by the corrupt Taliban. Malala demanded girls receive education as well as boys. There were thousands of people under the same situation as Malala. But she was not going to live with those conditions anymore or allow anyone else to. Additionally she was noble and heroic for standing against the cruelty by speaking out at protests. Malala is …show more content…
Something that makes Malala stand out is that she is the youngest nominee and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (“Malala Yousafzai”). The world has acknowledged her great doings and believes she deserves the recognition: "Malala Yousafzai remains a staunch advocate for the power of education and for girls to become agents of change in their communities" ("Malala Yousafzai"). All the achievements and awards at the early stage of her mission are a sign that Malala has made such an effect on society already. She represents a big population of people who need to be heard. Her powerful actions influence children to be more like her and do things out of kindness and love. She does not do it for herself but for the people who are not heard, and this makes Malala such a generous person. Malala also was honored to speak at the United Nations on her sixteenth birthday, she let the world know that no matter what happens, she will not change her mind or give into fear: "'The terrorists thought that they would change my aims an stop my ambitions.' she said, 'but nothing changed in my life, except this weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength,
In order to change that, Malala started speaking at conventions and conferences. The article, ‘Malala Yousafzai: A Girl with
Malala Yousafzai has made many claims for what she believes in. Those without a voice need to be heard. The taliban cannot quiet her. Nonviolence is one of the World’s greatest traditions. Education is one of the most important human rights. Yousafzai is able to support these claims with the way she speaks. She is splendid at using rhetoric, persuasive language with techniques like figures of speech. Malala Yousafzai uses repetition, pathos, and ethos to support her claims.
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
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
Soon after, Malala was born and a favorite of her father’s. He taught her the value of education and how he had to struggle and claw his way to get a decent education. He preached that every person should have the right to go to school and be educated. Malala’s father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, is a very influential person in the village and a great role model as Malala grew up. He participated in Anti-Taliban organizations and constantly preached for peace, educational rights and for th...
The vicious roars of the canons of the Taliban carved out the voice of Malala, who not only had the courage to fight for her rights but was also dauntless enough to take bullets in the forehead for her cause. “I’m hopeful that we all in the UN will be united in the goal of education and peace, and that we will make this world not just a better place, but the best place to live. Education is hope, education is peace,” Ms. Yousafzai stressed. But as always, there are people, burdening mother earth with their figures, who not only debate against gender equality but also question the plausibility of Malala Yousefzai. There is one question that spawns amidst this scenario:
The Taliban was a group destined to do wrong and was against equal rights for women. Malala Yousafzai was a girl determined for women to have the same rights as men and she got “punished” by the taliban with a gunshot through the head. Malala recovered fine and went on to become a women's right activist. She also was awarded many prizes for her great courage. Malala Yousafzai was a strong women strengthened by the obstacles she faced that have gotten her where she is.
Nelson Mandela once said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. It is the very same “legacy of change” that Nelson Mandela used that inspires what Malala Yousafzai does today. At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating for girls’ education. Since this appalling incident, Malala has gone on to be the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, start the “Malala Fund”, that funds education in developing countries, and is currently the figure of women’s rights. Malala has been constantly speaking, advocating and helping women and children acquire the rights they deserve. In her powerful speech to the U.N, she opened the world’s eyes to the truth about education
Imagine a world with no education. It is hard not to imagine a society where no knowledge, no future, or no life. If the world had no education; how will we build our sources? How will life know what is right and what is wrong? How would society know about the stages of life from past, present, and future? Just think how empty the world would be without education. Malala Yousafzai, an activist of woman and children's right of education known for her courageous acts to improve education globally. Malala Yousafzai has positively benefitted modern society by speaking up for her rights of education and by inspiring others to join her to create equality for all.
Being shot in the face and seriously injured, did not stop Malala Yousafzai from pursuing her dreams. She did not morally agree with her government’s treatment of women, so she fought for her beliefs. Malala grew up in a rural village in Pakistan and was forced to follow customs she did not believe in. Swat Valley changed to a strictly ruled village with discrimination towards women. Malala created awareness around the world of the situation and stood up for her rights to education. Through Malala Yousafzai’s painful experience with growing up in a dangerous part of Pakistan, she created awareness in hope to regain the rights to educational opportunities for women.
By using raw emotion and memories from her past she advocates how essential getting a proper education is for children and women. In her biography,“ I am Malala”, she displays this when saying, “ Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow… it is neither Eastern or Western, it is human,”(Yousafzai, pg.163 ). When Yousafzai expresses this outlook to her readers she is trying to emphasize how education should be offered to everyone and is fighting for equality in foreign countries such as her home village is SWAT Valley. Readers can appeal to this since they are being introduced to a whole new way of living since most of her readers live in the modern day world where they are not able to relate to Malala’s old way of life. This is Yousafzai’s main goal when speaking out about about the education issues to influence change and encourage others to take the first step towards
Malala is facing the same fears now, as a normal teenage girl preparing to go off to college. Gidda argues that Malala may not be as successful as she has been because her confidence is beginning to give way. Someone as strong has Malala has shown tremendous courage as well as confidence to speak in front of monumental groups of people. Gidda thinks that this may be because Malala missed out on her teenage years due to her fame as well as her struggle with the Taliban. Malala is unsure of what she wants to pursue in the future, but she is sure that she wants to make a change. For this reason, Malala has thoughts about becoming a politician, but Gidda argues that many politicians are corrupt and Malala is too true to her beliefs. Gidda’s arguments help support her beliefs in a persuasive
Malala Yousafzai gives a speech at the United Nations. The terrorist attack made her a strong person, although she is young. She did not give a speech for revenge, however, she finds that talking about the importance of receiving education for all people at the time of the shooting. Further, Malala has a pure heart, so she can’t hate the Taliban. She has learned to be peaceful to all people from Muhammad, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha.
According to a article Malala the powerful by kriston lewis Yousafzai is teenaged girl who lives in Swat valley with her dad. It started when the Taliban took over Swat valley. Later they took away the freedom of girls going to school. They did it because they believe that education is power. Even tho that were forced to shut down schools for girls Malala's dad kept his school open for girls. Malala started talking radio stations of what's happening where she is but, Being a teen activist can have consequences. On October nine 2012 as she was on the bus from school she was shoot in the head by a Taliban gunmen. She went to a hospital in England where she recovered and went back to Swat valley to keep fighting it took awhile but, Finally she was able to push the taliban out Swat valley. Malala is now talking on TV shows writing books about her life and even won the nobel peace prize. Malala
Yousafzai is a young education activist who has been striving for equal education rights for women and girls in Pakistan (Malala Yousafzai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2014). Yousafzai came to the world attention as a blogger for BBC and by surviving an assassination attempt by a Taliban member in October 2012(Malala Yousafzai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 2014). Yousafzai struggles for equality are the type of struggles that come to minds of many when they think of the modern struggle for educational equality. She is a subject of an oppressive foreign government risking her life for what she believes in. Therefore, many feel that the struggle for educational equality is taking place in the far flung corners of the earth. When others think of the deistic struggle for equal education, they may think back to the 1950’s, 1960’s, or 1970’s. These decades are well known as the height of the American Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Liberation movement. While great strides were made in these decades, many would agree that the struggle for educational equality continue to this day. This statement is partially true when applied to the struggles of students with disabilities.