Malala Yousafzai- Her Fight For Education



A book that I will never get tired of and one that has been beyond inspirational to me in my life was I Am Malala, which is a story of Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani girl who spoke up for girl’s rights and, more specifically, their right to education. In the book, Malala talks about her school and her father’s impact on her love of education. However, once the Taliban took control of her town, her school was forced to shut down and women no longer had access to education. With this, Malala began to protest under a pseudonym. However, the Taliban discovered her identity. They stopped her bus one morning, boarded, asked for her, then proceeded to shoot Malala in the head. After surviving this, Malala began speaking out all over the world about women’s rights and their right to education. She also began advocating for education protection in countries controlled my militants. 

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Malala has created a campaign to fund the fight for women’s education rights. It’s called the Malala Fund. This page contains Malala’s story and synopsis of her autobiography. Furthermore, it contains information on the Malala Fund and what it is doing around the world, legislation being passed that pertains to women’s education rights, and any recent news on their campaign. And lastly, in contains a page filled with what the Malala Fund is about and how it strives to achieve their goal of every girl having equal access to education.
The Malala Fund was created by Malala Yousafzai herself with the help of her father and mentor, Ziauddin Yousafzai. This page is the main page for the Malala Fund and the only way to contact the organization. It is also a furthering of her story and an extension to her book.


Finally, I attempted to contact Malala through her fund’s website, as this seemed the most reliable. I will include a screengrab of the message I sent, but I asked Malala how has the number of girls with access to education changed since her campaign began. Unfortunately, at the time of publishing, I had not heard back from Malala or her organization. I will provide updates if I hear back from the Malala Fund.

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