Malala Yousafzai: Children's Rights Activist

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A woman that I admire the most is Malala Yousafzai. I admire Malala because even though she's young she is very awake about society. She is a Children’s Activist and Women’s Rights Activist.Yousafzai understands how important education is and she makes sure to do everything in her will to get education to everybody, especially to girls. She is very inspiring to many young people. She show that you are never too young to fight for things that you believe. She was born in Pakistan and she has been an advocate for girls’ education ever since she was a child. She attended a school that her school had found. On her way home from school in 2012, she was shot in head by a Taliban for fighting for girls education. In 2008, Yousafzai gave a speech

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