Malala Yousafzai: Civil Disobedience

The term civil disobedience means “refusal to obey civil laws in an effort to induce change in governmental policy or legislation, characterized by nonviolent means.”( The Free Dictionary) Theories on this term have been around for a long time. For instance, people like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. took up and preached their own theories on civil disobedience. While Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi's theories are still relevant, they are fifty plus years old and seem to lose the interest of kids of the modern age. To some peoples’ dismay there are events happening in the last decade involving civil disobedience. For instance, Malala Yousafzai, a young women, defends her right for education and in the processes undergoes an assassination attempt. Malala Yousafzai is an example of a civil disobedience that happened in the last decade. Bravely standing up and fighting for her right to education, Malala Yousafzai, survived an assassination attempt that brought attention to the unjust acts of civil disobedience towards women in Pakistan.
Malala's Father, Ziauddin is a poet and runs a chain of public schools. Her father is a leading educational …show more content…
Speak up, otherwise I will shoot at you all." Malala was identified by the gun man and was shot with a single bullet that wen t through her head, neck, and shoulder.(Pettinger) Two other girls were injured in this attack but not as badly as Malala. Malala survived the shooting but was in critical condition. Her father was convinced that Malala was going to die, he even had her village start preparing her funeral. Malala's organs were failing and an infection was starting to take over her body. On October 15 she was moved to the United Kingdom to received treatment at a hospital known for treating military injuries (Pettinger) After a few days of being in the United Kingdom she came out of her