Women’s Rights to Education Women everywhere in every point in history have been denied certain rights including education, voting, and receiving the same wages as men. Even today, certain societies have neglected giving women even the most basic rights of life. As a result, many people, including Daniel Defoe, Malala Yousafzai, and Mary Wollstonecraft, have risen up to fight against the unfair and unjust treatment of women. And although each activist lives in different time periods, each one speaks against the denial of education for women. Their main assertions are similar, yet, they convey their ideas through their own unique voices. Because of its relevance to today’s world, I believe Malala’s essay stands out against the rest. However, I believe these three people have one goal in mind—to see women everywhere accomplish the same great things as their male counterparts have achieved.
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She strongly believes that education is one of the “blessings of life—and one of its necessities” (Malala, 2). “I am here to stand up for [children’s] rights, to raise their voice,” she says (Malala, 2). She wants to see people doing something about the problem, not just talking about it—“It is time to take action so it becomes the last time…so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of education” (Malala, 2); “It is not time to tell world leaders to realize how important education is—they already know it—their own children are in good schools. Now it is time to call them to take action for the rest of the world’s children” (Malala, 4). As one of the many influential voices of women’s rights, Malala desires to see this generation that “decides to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods, and wasted potential” (Malala, 5). Malala, like her predecessors before her, longs for the day where every women and children are able to be in
She strongly believes that education is one of the “blessings of life—and one of its necessities” (Malala, 2). “I am here to stand up for [children’s] rights, to raise their voice,” she says (Malala, 2). She wants to see people doing something about the problem, not just talking about it—“It is time to take action so it becomes the last time…so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of education” (Malala, 2); “It is not time to tell world leaders to realize how important education is—they already know it—their own children are in good schools. Now it is time to call them to take action for the rest of the world’s children” (Malala, 4). As one of the many influential voices of women’s rights, Malala desires to see this generation that “decides to be the last that sees empty classrooms, lost childhoods, and wasted potential” (Malala, 5). Malala, like her predecessors before her, longs for the day where every women and children are able to be in