Malala Yousafzai: Pakistani Activist for Female Education
Spotlight on CIVIC COURAGE HEROES of CONSCIENCE MALALA YOUSAFZAI pakiStani activiSt for female education Elisa Peters Rosen YA New York
Fighting for Education If you’ve never had to worry about being able to go to school it’s easy to take it for granted to complain about homework boring teachers and annoying fellow students However millions of kids around the world don’t have the opportunity to get an education and all of the benefits that result from it Girls in particular are often prevented from going to school or even forbidden One of the best-known advocates of education education for girls is a young Pakistani woman named Malala Yousafzai Malala started speaking out in defense of girls education when she was just eleven after the Taliban a fundamentalist Islamic group seized power in the part of Pakistan where she lived and ordered all girls schools closed She refused to 4
be silenced even after she was shot in 2012 Malala’s courage has inspired people around the world She used her fame for a good cause setting up the Malala Fund to support girls education Malala Yousafzai is an inspiration to people all around the world Millions look up to her for her courage persistence intelligence and honesty
