In addition, women weren’t able to get their education and be smart. They had to stay home, cook for their family, and clean while all the guys go to school. They were known as housewives. Some people believe that all of the countries has finally given girls their education. However, it is still affected in the 21st century. Countries such as India, Cambodia, Pakistan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Chad, Papua New Guinea, Haiti, Guatemala, and Egypt are preventing girls from learning and going to school. In 2013, a girl named Malala Yousafzai who lives in Pakistan was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize and nominated again in 2014. Malala became a spokeswoman and continue to communicate on the importance of education after she was shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012. Malala Yousafzai wanted to stand up against several countries to those who would not allow girls from getting their education. “I speak not for myself, but those without voice those who have fought for their rights, their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated” (Youth Takeover of the United Nations). This describe that they should live in a world peace and be free with their rights; being able to go to school, be smart and get their diploma. Malala was not giving up on her education. She wanted it, and she will fight for it. There are voices who are afraid to …show more content…
Almost around the world, at least one out of three women are beaten, forced into sex (raped) or physically, mentally and emotionally abused. Because of this issue females are afraid to leave their partners, believing that they will never find anyone else besides the abuser, thinks they’ll never be good enough, no place to go, isolation between friends and family and the danger of