Malala Yousafzai born on July 12 , 1997 is a Pakistani activist who spoke out publicly about the prohibition on the education of girls that the Taliban did not want. All of which she did during her teenage years.
Born into a family who were education activist and her father who established and administered Khushal Girls High School and College in which she attended.Have always supported her and have even encouraged her to follow the footsteps of her father , but it was difficult times as the the Taliban started to impose strict Islamic Laws into place in which destroyed and shut down girls school to ban any women to take any role in society. For their safety Yousafzai and her family left , but upon returning after sometime tensions were still in place.
When Yousafzai was 11 years old, her father took her to a local press club. In which was her first speech given towards protesting school closings. It was the start of her letting her voice be heard with her impactful speech of “How Dare the Taliban Take Away My Basic Right to Education?”. Her speech was then publicized throughout Pakistan which made the Taliban want to shut down more schools for girls even faster , but that didn’t stop her as she continued to keep voicing out and being televised.
She then gained global attention and when on October 9 , 2012 Yousafzai survived an assassination attempt when she was 15 years old. When she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman while taking route home from school.This helped her message be spread faster with her cause now being known world wide. Helping a petition being ratified for Pakistan's first Education bill.About the same time, the Malala Fund was established to support education for all girls around the world.She continued advocating and won many awards along. Some being the Nobel Prize , United Nations Human Rights Prize , Liberty Medal and was named most influential people. Continuing to use her platform to continue her movement to teach girls that anything is possible.
I loved this post! I thought it was so informational and intriguing the way you talked about Malala’s life. Many people just know Malala as the woman who was shot by the Taliban and then advocated heavily for Women's rights, but I really appreciated how you talked about life prior to that and where she came from. Knowing where she came from really helped me know why she would advocate so much for women, and it all makes sense. Anyways great post!
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