The great activist Malala Yousafzai
Introduction
Biography of Malala Yousafzai. On July 12, 1997, Northeast of Pakistan was born in the town of Mingora, within a Sunnite Muslim Pakistani family, a girl who was called Malala Yousafzai. His family is composed of his father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, poet, education activist and owner of the Khushal Public School, his mother Toorpekai and two brothers, Atal and Khushal. Just 13 years old, under the pseudonym Gul Makai, Malala begins to be recognized by the community, since from the era participate in a BBC blog, where she spent her days sharing and promoting her ideals.
Developing
Relatizing experiences of his life and his thoughts regarding the education of the girls of the Vallewhich proclaimed Islamic religious extremism and jihadism. The Taliban who had already carried out the closure of private schools, also between the years 2003 and 2009, banned girls, since under their ideals the woman should only be dedicated to domestic chores;In turn they decapitated girls, dismantled schools and exploded bombs.
Simultaneously, the young woman, Malala, was heard, brought to light and denounced the atrocities made by the Taliban, so that her writings brought the community to a deep reflection of what was happening in her town. When the military ended the Taliban movement in Swat, the death of the leader Baitullah Mehsud and the lack of control of the successor leader Hakeemullah Mehsud, led to tyranny to lose strength and power and little by little it was declining. The sociopolitical situation in the territory little by little improved;Malala continued with her blog’s writings, incessantly promoting the right of women to receive education.
His story was arriving at the ears around the world, organizations avoided to equitable education, the young woman and directors Adam Ellick and Irfan Asharaf, of the New York Times, invited her to get involved and participate in the documentary "Loss of Class, the death of women’s education ”;which shows the terrible reality and situation that thousands of girls lived during terrorism. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012 while the young Malala was traveling with her companions on the bus to her homes after school, a Muslim militiaman of the TTP (Tehrik and Talibán Pakistan) broke the way where they traveled and entered the busschool where she was.
With the intention of attempting against the life of Malala, the same shot varies sometimes against her, impacting the bullets in the area of the skull and neck, in this situation two other girls who traveled next to her were also injured. This situation moved the world, Malala had to be assisted and taken to the nearest hospital, where they had to operate it urgently. Although the operation was a success, they transferred the girl to the Rawalpindi Military Hospital, in Pakistan, which was better equipped. The attempt of the Taliban of killing Malala, gave rise to Massive demonstrations throughout the country in Pakistan.
Weeks after the attack, a petition was signed by the people asking for the right to education, and the National Assembly ratified the first law on the right to free and mandatory education of Pakistan. On October 15, 2012, the young woman who was already in better health and was transferred to the United Kingdom, for her safety and continue with her total recovery. Malala had the support of large public figures, such as Queen Elizabeth II and Barack Obama, president of the United States. In 2013 I entered the high school in Birmingham, located in England.
In spite of everything that happened, his way of being remained intact;I am part of the release of young Nigerian students, which had been kidnapped by Islam. Malala with her father Ziauddin formed the Malala Foundation to raise awareness among people about the socio -economic effects of girls’ education and also to enhance all the skills and faculties of each girl, so that each of them can use by itself,take the floor and demand changes. “There I knew I had two options: live a quiet life or continue fighting with the new life they had given me.
I was clear: I would continue with my fight until all girls could go to school, ”he said in 2014. On October 10, 2014 to recognize his arduous fight against children’s oppression and in favor of education for all children, Malala Yousafzai was awarded to a crowd with the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest person to receive itIn addition, it was Time magazine, who name her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in that last year. The young woman donated her prize for the creation of secondary schools for girls in Pakistan. Malala was contacted by the British journalist Christina Lamb to perform her autobiography which was entitled "I am Malala".
conclusion
In this autobiography the young woman describes her life in two moments: he before and after the attack against her life. After 8 years the human rights activist Malala Yousafzai, on June 19, completely completed her studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford in England. Currently Malala continues to militate for the cause of access to early childhood education. His life has inspired thousands of men and women to fight for a good education. In Pakistan there is still inequality between sexes, there is a minimum quota of girls who attend schools compared to boys, either for socio -economic reasons, child marriage, etc.
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