As humans have progressed throughout the ages, almost all have faced some form of hardship. For example, Elena Delle Donne, arguably one of the most talented women’s basketball players, was subjected to harsh criticism after she made the decision to drop out of one of the best colleges for women's basketball to return home to be with her family. With the help of her younger sister and support from her family, she overcame the critics and continued to play basketball at a college nearby. This ability to overcome and face hardship is what the human spirit is. Despite the adversity she faced when the Taliban oppressed her, Malala Yousafzai embodies the human spirit because she stood up for herself and other women across the world for equal education.
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After the Taliban began attacking girls' schools in Swat, she gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008 titled "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?" This speech was later publicized throughout Pakistan (Hashim). In early 2009 when she was only eleven years old, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education. In order to hide her identity, she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of that year (BBC). In early 2009 The New York Times reporter Adam Ellick worked with Yousafzai to make two video films showcasing the circumstances that she faced under the Taliban’s rule. Blumberg states she was interviewed on the Pakistan current events show Capital Talk in February of 2009, speaking out against the Taliban’s actions. In late February the Taliban ceased fire because of increasing backlash throughout Pakistan. However only a few months later violence began again and the Malala and her family was forced to seek refuge until the Pakistani army was able to push the Taliban out(???). Later that summer she met with U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and asked him to help with her effort to protect the education of girls in Pakistan. On October 9, 2012, Yousafzai was shot by a Taliban gunman while going home on a bus. She survived the attack and was flown …show more content…
In December 2012 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari announced the launch of a $10 million education fund in Yousafzai’s honour. With the help of Vital Voices Global Partnership, Malala and her father Ziauddin co-founded the Malala Fund. According the the official Malala Fund website, their goal in creating the Malala Fund was “to bring awareness to the social and economic impact of girls' education and to empower girls to raise their voices to unlock their potential and to demand change.” Through the fund, Malala became a global advocate for the millions of girls being denied a formal education because of social, economic, legal and political factors in countries such as Kenya, Syria, and Nigeria. Malala continued to take action on global education by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon on her eighteenth in 2015. The school was designed to admit nearly 200 girls from the ages of 14 to 18 and all of its expenses are paid through the Malala Fund (Blumberg). Malala stated in one of the classrooms "Today on my first day as an adult, on behalf of the world's children, I demand of leaders we must invest in books instead of bullets," (Clinton). United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Yousafzai as a U.N. Messenger of Peace to promote girls education (BBC). Clearly, Malala spoke for women’s rights and education across the
After the Taliban began attacking girls' schools in Swat, she gave a speech in Peshawar, Pakistan, in September 2008 titled "How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?" This speech was later publicized throughout Pakistan (Hashim). In early 2009 when she was only eleven years old, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education. In order to hide her identity, she used the name Gul Makai. However, she was revealed to be the BBC blogger in December of that year (BBC). In early 2009 The New York Times reporter Adam Ellick worked with Yousafzai to make two video films showcasing the circumstances that she faced under the Taliban’s rule. Blumberg states she was interviewed on the Pakistan current events show Capital Talk in February of 2009, speaking out against the Taliban’s actions. In late February the Taliban ceased fire because of increasing backlash throughout Pakistan. However only a few months later violence began again and the Malala and her family was forced to seek refuge until the Pakistani army was able to push the Taliban out(???). Later that summer she met with U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and asked him to help with her effort to protect the education of girls in Pakistan. On October 9, 2012, Yousafzai was shot by a Taliban gunman while going home on a bus. She survived the attack and was flown …show more content…
In December 2012 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari announced the launch of a $10 million education fund in Yousafzai’s honour. With the help of Vital Voices Global Partnership, Malala and her father Ziauddin co-founded the Malala Fund. According the the official Malala Fund website, their goal in creating the Malala Fund was “to bring awareness to the social and economic impact of girls' education and to empower girls to raise their voices to unlock their potential and to demand change.” Through the fund, Malala became a global advocate for the millions of girls being denied a formal education because of social, economic, legal and political factors in countries such as Kenya, Syria, and Nigeria. Malala continued to take action on global education by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon on her eighteenth in 2015. The school was designed to admit nearly 200 girls from the ages of 14 to 18 and all of its expenses are paid through the Malala Fund (Blumberg). Malala stated in one of the classrooms "Today on my first day as an adult, on behalf of the world's children, I demand of leaders we must invest in books instead of bullets," (Clinton). United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Yousafzai as a U.N. Messenger of Peace to promote girls education (BBC). Clearly, Malala spoke for women’s rights and education across the