Malala Yousafzai; The Girl Who Stood Up for Girl’s Educational Rights
The Taliban were dangerous Afghanistani people who came into power from 1990’s - 2001 by a man named Mullah Hibatullah Akhunzada (News). In Sept. 1996, they captured Kabul, slaughtered the president and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (“National Counterterrorism Center | Groups”). Another attack they made was when a Taliban bomber blew himself up near the Afghanistan Defence of Ministry in Kabul and killed nearly 20 people and injured many (2016). They are also notorious for public murders, banning the people in the Taliban or in Afghanistan from watching T.V. and music, and disapproving of girls aged 10 and older from going to school (“National Counterterrorism …show more content…
She refused to let young girls’ dreams got to waste so she stood up for equality for girls education. Malala was born on July 12, 1997 and became a child and girls activist at the age of 14 (Kettler). She received a death threat and soon after, she was shot in the left side of her skull and down her neck by a Taliban gunman (Kettler). She was then flown to Birmingham, England. After waking up from a medically induced coma, she decided to study at the Birmingham, England (Kettler). In 2013, she then received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom and Thought (Kettler). She was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize that year but didn’t win. She did win in 2014 (Kettler). As Malala won these prizes and recovered, she had a wish she wanted to make …show more content…
Because the Taliban disapprove of girls going to school, most of them will become child bearers, child caretakers, etc. (“Gender”). Between 2005-2009, the four countries with the lowest female youth education are are Niger with 23%, Mali with 31%, Burkina Faso with 33%, and Chad with 39%. All of these countries are in Middle and Eastern Africa (“Gender”). States of girls education has increased significantly these past 5 years, but they are still falling behind boys (“Gender”). In 2009, the ratio of boys to girls in education was 31 million boys to 35 million girls (“Gender”). Ever since Malala started a school in Lebanon, she has decreased the numbers of girl without and
The Taliban were dangerous Afghanistani people who came into power from 1990’s - 2001 by a man named Mullah Hibatullah Akhunzada (News). In Sept. 1996, they captured Kabul, slaughtered the president and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (“National Counterterrorism Center | Groups”). Another attack they made was when a Taliban bomber blew himself up near the Afghanistan Defence of Ministry in Kabul and killed nearly 20 people and injured many (2016). They are also notorious for public murders, banning the people in the Taliban or in Afghanistan from watching T.V. and music, and disapproving of girls aged 10 and older from going to school (“National Counterterrorism …show more content…
She refused to let young girls’ dreams got to waste so she stood up for equality for girls education. Malala was born on July 12, 1997 and became a child and girls activist at the age of 14 (Kettler). She received a death threat and soon after, she was shot in the left side of her skull and down her neck by a Taliban gunman (Kettler). She was then flown to Birmingham, England. After waking up from a medically induced coma, she decided to study at the Birmingham, England (Kettler). In 2013, she then received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom and Thought (Kettler). She was also nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize that year but didn’t win. She did win in 2014 (Kettler). As Malala won these prizes and recovered, she had a wish she wanted to make …show more content…
Because the Taliban disapprove of girls going to school, most of them will become child bearers, child caretakers, etc. (“Gender”). Between 2005-2009, the four countries with the lowest female youth education are are Niger with 23%, Mali with 31%, Burkina Faso with 33%, and Chad with 39%. All of these countries are in Middle and Eastern Africa (“Gender”). States of girls education has increased significantly these past 5 years, but they are still falling behind boys (“Gender”). In 2009, the ratio of boys to girls in education was 31 million boys to 35 million girls (“Gender”). Ever since Malala started a school in Lebanon, she has decreased the numbers of girl without and