celebratingamazingwomen:At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) was targeted and shot by Talbia
celebratingamazingwomen:At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) was targeted and shot by Talbian militants on her way to school - all for daring to speak up in support of girls’ and women’s rights to education. Three years later, she is one of the strongest voices of feminism and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.She began her advocacy when she was only 11, writing a blog for the BBC describing life under Taliban rule. Her rise in popularity in the Western world made her a target to extremists, but the attempt on her life did nothing but strengthen her conviction and make her cause heard by even more people all around the world.It has now been almost 8 years since her attack. In that time, she graduated from the University of Oxford and continued her work to increase access to female education and to improve refugee rights. -- source link
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