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Took a Bullet for Education


Youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize after surviving an assassination attempt by Taliban


PHOTO: Malala Yousafzai
Girls' education is not considered a priority worldwide, so Malala decided to change that. 


 At the age of 15, Malala was shot for being an advocate for girl's education. Asking for the right any girl should have, Malala survived the Taliban assassination attempt and continued to be the youngest children's and women's rights activist. Malala Yousafzai describes to Oprah her first thought when she woke up in the hospital.


"They wanted to silence one girl, but now there are millions and millions of girls around the world who are speaking out for girls' education," Malala told Online Journalism Blog. 

                       

Education is not easily accessible in some areas around the world. Not only that, but some parents also prioritize boys' education because they see more value in males than females. Some people still have an outdated mindset where they view females as a tool, using them to become wives who cook and clean. 


"Their life is just limited to their house, they cannot explore themselves and show themselves," added Yousafzai. Malala strongly believed that girls deserve an education like anyone else, she saw it as a right that should be a priority. 


Despite the misfortune that affected a big part of her life and health, Malala continues to spread her campaign about the importance of girls' education.



In 2013, the brave woman gave a speech to the United Nations and published her first book under the name of "I Am Malala." A year after, she became the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize.



If I win Nobel Peace Prize, it would be a great opportunity for me,  but if I don't get it, it's not important because my goal is not to get Nobel Peace Prize my goal is to get peace and my goal is to see the education of every child.



Malala Fund, a non-profit organization to break down the barriers preventing more than 130 million girls around the world from going to school. According to Malala Fund, Malala is fighting back to girls what poverty, war and discrimination tried to take away.

Video: Malala and her story of surviving being shot by Taliban



Yousafzai grew her own public platform with her voice that spoke out loud for her right, and the right of all women, to an education.




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