Two women facing social injustice
From women being forced to marry at the age of 12 to not being able to receive education, women face many troubling social injustices throughout the world in a variety of ways. To further educate myself on troublesome social injustices I read two books: I am Nujood age 10 and divorced and I am Malala. Both books represent the troubling realities of two women and how they fought to make their circumstances better.
The first book I read: I am Nujood age 10 and divorced is a personal narrative depicting the story of Nujood Ali’s horrific experience of being forced to marry a man three times her age, because of the traditions in her home country of Yemen. After spending months trapped in a house with …show more content…
Malala writes about the society in which she lives in where women are treated as inferior beings without the right to an education. Malala was raised with the idea that education is vital to her future, and she holds to that hope even when her life is threatened because of her stand on the subject. She is so determined to continue her education that she sneaks to school, hiding her books and abandoning her school uniform. For a time, Malala pretends to be younger than she actually is, attending school secretly. When it appears there will be laws prohibiting school for girls altogether, Malala becomes very vocal on the subject. She is interviewed by dozens of media outlets. Malala stood up for something that women in the country of Pakistan and paid the price of getting shot because she stood up for what she believed in. Her motto is that “If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?” (Malala 26) which shows how much passion she has to help women get educated even though the rebel leaders in her country forbid it. She secretly helped many girls receive an education that would have received without her. Malala believes that “education is education, we should learn everything and then choose which path to follow" (Malala 67). Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.” The extreme support from people around the world for Malala has helped put a spot light on the …show more content…
Just like Malala, Nujood fought very hard to fight for the girls in Yemen that didn’t have a voice about being forced to get married. Malala was shot in the head for standing up for what she believed in which shows that she was willing to put her safety on the line to fight for the education of women in Pakistan. These girls overcame the social injustices they faced, and came out successful because of their passion and
From women being forced to marry at the age of 12 to not being able to receive education, women face many troubling social injustices throughout the world in a variety of ways. To further educate myself on troublesome social injustices I read two books: I am Nujood age 10 and divorced and I am Malala. Both books represent the troubling realities of two women and how they fought to make their circumstances better.
The first book I read: I am Nujood age 10 and divorced is a personal narrative depicting the story of Nujood Ali’s horrific experience of being forced to marry a man three times her age, because of the traditions in her home country of Yemen. After spending months trapped in a house with …show more content…
Malala writes about the society in which she lives in where women are treated as inferior beings without the right to an education. Malala was raised with the idea that education is vital to her future, and she holds to that hope even when her life is threatened because of her stand on the subject. She is so determined to continue her education that she sneaks to school, hiding her books and abandoning her school uniform. For a time, Malala pretends to be younger than she actually is, attending school secretly. When it appears there will be laws prohibiting school for girls altogether, Malala becomes very vocal on the subject. She is interviewed by dozens of media outlets. Malala stood up for something that women in the country of Pakistan and paid the price of getting shot because she stood up for what she believed in. Her motto is that “If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?” (Malala 26) which shows how much passion she has to help women get educated even though the rebel leaders in her country forbid it. She secretly helped many girls receive an education that would have received without her. Malala believes that “education is education, we should learn everything and then choose which path to follow" (Malala 67). Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.” The extreme support from people around the world for Malala has helped put a spot light on the …show more content…
Just like Malala, Nujood fought very hard to fight for the girls in Yemen that didn’t have a voice about being forced to get married. Malala was shot in the head for standing up for what she believed in which shows that she was willing to put her safety on the line to fight for the education of women in Pakistan. These girls overcame the social injustices they faced, and came out successful because of their passion and