What The Malala Fund Is Doing |
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Hear Her Voice and Stand With Malala |
Malala Yousafzai’s, innocence is the first thing that strikes her audience as she stands tall in spite of her small stature delivering her speech. This is her spellbinding speech at the United Nations General Assembly, July 12th, 2013 U.N. General Assembly where some of the greatest statesmen have addressed their audiences. As this young school-going teenager speaks from the same prestigious platform, everybody listens.
Malala addresses the rights of children for education with a passion in her voice. Her motive is not only to promote education, but she invokes the help of world leaders to bring dignity and peace to these little victims of war, conflict and terrorism: “Neither am I here to speak in terms of personal revenge against Taliban or any other terrorist group”. With her statement she makes a logical appeal that efforts towards hatred are wasted. This alone will pave the way for the real bright future. The pen is mightier than the sword and the extremists are, therefore, afraid of books and pens. As books bring knowledge and knowledge brings freedom, especially for women, these individuals fear knowledge itself. She cites the example of the boy from her school, who on being asked by a journalist as to why the Taliban are against education, replied: for they do not know what is written inside the book.
Being the child that she is, Malala relates to her audience at a very basic level. She is wise, yet simple and humble. These traits shine through her statements like “Malala day is not my day”, “ I am just one of them”, I am the same Malala”. She portrays her conviction in forgiveness and compassion as she names Jesus Christ, Mohammed and Buddha. She encompasses all, regardless of religion, case, country and culture in her speech as she glorifies Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Mother Teresa and Bacha Khan and their lessons of non-violence. Malala’s youthful confidence makes more impact as she inspires women of all ages by saying “There was a time when women activist asked men to stand up for their rights”. Indirectly, she stirs the inner strength of women to fight for their dignity and independence. Yet, she does not exclude men from participating in this fight, thus, keeping everybody in grasp.
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Malala's Digital Footprint |
Twitter Presence | The Website |
Malala has been using the medium of twitter extensively for conveying her thoughts and support. She has been actively vociferous in the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign for the return of schoolgirls kidnapped in Nigeria, "A World At School" movement for children, "ONE" campaign and ICRW Protecting Children In West and Central Africa via UNICEF. Winning the Nobel Peace Prize has given impetus to her movement.
She speaks out for the menace of girl brides through Girl Up, Girl Effect, Girls not Brides and Plan UK.
In Sweden, she donated World Children Prize money of $50,000/- to UNRWA to help rebuild damaged schools in Gaza.
She won the US Liberty Medal on 24th of October and vowed to donate the cash prize to fund education and relief efforts in Pakistan where the most unfortunate and heartbreaking attack on children at school, happened in December in Peshawar. This gruesome incident shook the world. Malala spoke out against the Peshawar Attacks and participated in a candle light vigil in Birmingham to show her support. "
"I am Malala Young Readers Edition" offers information to youth about global problems (launched on 24th December 2014).
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Underage Marriage Due To Lack of Education | Some Statistics You Should Know |
14 million girls under 18 will be married this year(2012); 38 thousand today; 13 girls in the last 30 seconds. Percentages of girls getting married under the age of 18 in the following counteries,which are also known for the least amount of girls education: | 66 million girls are out of school globally. |
Why We Need To Invest In Girls Education |
The education of girls and women can lead to a wide range of benefits – from improved maternal health, reduced infant mortality and fertility rates to increased prevention against HIV and AIDS.
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About The Author |
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How to Cite This:
Berry, R.(2015). "Education For Girls" Digital Spectrum: First Year Digital Essays, Stories, and Projects, 2, 1. Retrieved from https://johnjay.digication.com/digital_spectrum/RAGEENE-BERRY
Edited by Luc Pitre