A young girl named Tirunesh from Ethiopia once said, “ Your gender shouldn’t determine whether you get an education”(Girl Rising). This quote corresponds to what non-profit charities like UNICEF and UNGEI do to help girls receive an education in the documentary, Girl Rising. In this documentary, the reader sees how girls everywhere strive to receive an education and are helped by non-profit organizations. Organizations like UNICEF and UNGEI merge together to help girls in third world countries receive an education. These organizations help provide the materials and resources to prepare girls for school. UNICEF has helped enrol girls into school over many years so they can have the chances their mothers did not. It is scientifically proven that …show more content…
Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban for trying to pursue an education. Readers see Malala as a strong, courageous young woman who wants the issue of women's education to be addressed. In this speech Malala declared, “ I speak not for myself but for those without voice...those who have fought for their rights...their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated”(Yousafzai). The reader believes Malala is a great example of a young woman who risked her life on behalf of education and girls rights. UNGEI has supported Malala throughout her entire journey and she is one the biggest role models for UNGEI and UNICEF and for girls everywhere. The reader infers from the speech that Malala wants equality for everyone, she wants women to have the same opportunities as boys, just like UNICEF and UNGEI. Some people may believe Malala thinks women are better than men and that women want to tear men down. Although, the reader disagrees because Malala is saying she wants women to have the chances like men do, not be better then them. She wants them to go to school just like boys can and not be killed or injured for trying to live there life and be educated. In the novel, Malala declares, “ I don’t want to be thought of as the ‘girl who was shot by the Taliban’ but the ‘girl who fought for education. This is the cause to which I want to devote my life” (Yousafzai 309). The reader thinks Malala doesn’t want to be labeled as the girl that was almost killed by a hateful group who doesn’t want women to become strong figures, she wants to be the girl know for fighting for women's education. The reader thinks Malala wants to help girls rise above these hardships and receive an education. People and organizations like Malala, UNGEI, and UNICEF want to help young girls get
Ambitious: Malala has made a goal to help girls receive their education (In Pakistan, girls are NOT allowed to receive an education) and showing why it is important to be educated. She has promised to stick with that goal no matter what danger lies in front of her. She will not stop until the rights for girls to receive an education have been accomplished.
The journey of Malala’s life has been fighting to get education for young girls of Pakistan. Malala wants to show everyone how valuable girls are and that they don’t need to be hidden away from the public, “My mother always told me,’hide your face, people are looking at you.’ I would reply, ‘it does not matter; I am also looking at them’” (Yousafzai 43). Malala will no longer stand for
Education is something various people feel extremely passionate about and would not want anything else, but a strong educational system around the world. Countless children around the world do not acquire the right to an education and various of those children are girls. Malala is one of those persons that enjoys education and her dream is to have an education for every girl that is being deprived of her rights. Malala has slowly turned herself into a symbol of peace and her novel is able to reflect that throughout her novel by applying various rhetorical devices. Malala Yousafzai the author of “I am Malala” is able to apply imagery, pathos, and analogy effectively to make an impact on her audience.
Bibliography Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. N. p. : n.p., n.d. print.
In societies in Cambodia and Thailand, an uneducated girl is very disgraceful, and the people do not care what happens to those girls. Families will sell their own children to pimps because their child is uneducated. Education for girls keeps them off the streets where they are likely to be trafficked. An educated girl is seen to be more worthy than one who is not, so the traffickers will not seek them because they might have more protection. Girls find it hard to stay in school because they cannot see the long term rewards I can have. They are overwhelmed with the pressure that they must provide for the family right away, so they drop out and find a job of any sort. Building schools is the first way to make sure girls have the opportunity to seek an education. Rarely do girls have any sort of education, so when a girl actually receives any education, it is acknowledged by the other villagers. Sex traffickers deceive uneducated girls by offering them jobs selling fruit in different cities. Once the girls are sold, they cannot escape or try to because they are illiterate. They would not know where to go. Another side of education is to educate the rest of the world as Half the Sky aims to do so. Ending this atrocity in countries like Thailand and Cambodia cannot be done without the rest of the world because they are of poverty, corrupt governments, or no sense of
Nelson Mandela once said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. It is the very same “legacy of change” that Nelson Mandela used that inspires what Malala Yousafzai does today. At the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating for girls’ education. Since this appalling incident, Malala has gone on to be the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize, start the “Malala Fund”, that funds education in developing countries, and is currently the figure of women’s rights. Malala has been constantly speaking, advocating and helping women and children acquire the rights they deserve. In her powerful speech to the U.N, she opened the world’s eyes to the truth about education
Being shot in the face and seriously injured, did not stop Malala Yousafzai from pursuing her dreams. She did not morally agree with her government’s treatment of women, so she fought for her beliefs. Malala grew up in a rural village in Pakistan and was forced to follow customs she did not believe in. Swat Valley changed to a strictly ruled village with discrimination towards women. Malala created awareness around the world of the situation and stood up for her rights to education. Through Malala Yousafzai’s painful experience with growing up in a dangerous part of Pakistan, she created awareness in hope to regain the rights to educational opportunities for women.
Some of the main challenges being cost of education, school environment, position of women in their societies as to how they are treated, conflicts and social exclusion. One of the main reasons why parents discriminate against the girl child when it comes to education is the cost when compared to economic returns to the household after the completion of education and also the expenditure of marrying off a daughter is enormous in many societies. It has also been documented that girls in most developing countries start helping in household chores from an early age and being highly educated causes constraints regarding marriage as many grooms don’t prefer a literate wife. Studies have shown that girls are the first to discontinue schooling to provide care to a sick member in the family or take care of younger siblings in case of death of a parent, and this is one of the main reasons why in Sub-Saharan countries there are many child headed families. Social exclusion is another barrier that prevents girls from going to school as they are excluded based on caste, ethnicity and religion (DIFD Report,
“I am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai is a beautiful and hard breaking book at the same time. This book is an autobiography that describes the author childhood and her support on the right for girls to have an education. Through this autobiography, Malala describes the restrictions that are imposed on females in her country. There are many that believe that woman of Pakistan should not be educated in the other hands there are a few that oppose this idea. Malala’s support on education for girls almost cost her life, since she was shot by the Taliban. From a multicultural perspective Malala’s story touches on topics such; culture shock, discrimination within your own culture, oppression, religion, family and woman’s right. Despite the opposition
Malala Yousafzai gives a speech at the United Nations. The terrorist attack made her a strong person, although she is young. She did not give a speech for revenge, however, she finds that talking about the importance of receiving education for all people at the time of the shooting. Further, Malala has a pure heart, so she can’t hate the Taliban. She has learned to be peaceful to all people from Muhammad, the prophet of mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha.
Everyone deserves an education, but for some in the developing world, especially girls, it is hard to even get into a classroom, due to the opposition from those who believe a girl 's place is in the home, not the classroom. The 2013 documentary Girl Rising by Richard E. Robbins states, “There are 33 million less girls in primary school worldwide than boys.” Girl Rising tells the stories of nine girls varying in ages throughout the developing world who only want to learn or where school saved their lives. Richard E. Robbins the director of the film, uses famous celebrities to tell these stories in hope to reach people all over the world in order to raise awareness and money to girls’ educations worldwide. Mr. Robbins film produces a concerned or worried tone throughout the documentary which intrigued the viewer to pay full attention to the film. Mr. Robbins uses lots of textual strategies in the form of statistics and interesting facts, as well as audio strategies such as the celebrity
Being shot in the head by Taliban did not stop Malala for advocating for the right to education of children. Through her heroic exploits, she received a Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2014. This speech was delivered by her during the award ceremony. The speech constitutes everything that Malala stands for. She perfectly provided her background, motivation, and work, along with being grateful towards everyone involved with her in the speech. As an avid speaker, she has also used some rhetorical tactics to capture the attention of her listeners and make sure her point gets through everyone’s mind.
Through everyday fundraisers and donations, money can be raised for the organizations. People of the developed world can help raise funds in their communities, promote on social media, sign petitions to convince parliaments to increase female rights, and donate books and belongings for girls growing up throughout rural communities. One could create their own charity to help the global fight for women’s rights. The generation growing up today can directly make a change; it will be their responsibility. By showing people statistics, images, and how women are treated in the MENA region, people will be influenced to join the fight and care about the problem.
A dream of the 66 million girls in the developing world that are currently out of school. The lack of education for girls in developing nations is an undeniable inequality and a legitimate struggle for these girls. In the documentary “Girl Rising”, producers Richard E. Robbins, Martha Adams, Ramaa Masley, Louise Lovegrove, Michelle Currinder, and Amy Andres Cunningham showcase the struggles of girls in underdeveloped countries. Instead of going to school everyday, they are working
In the contemporary society, education is a foundational human right. It is essentially an enabling right that creates various avenues for the exercise of other basic human rights. Once it is guaranteed, it facilitates the fulfillment of other freedoms and rights more particularly attached to children. Equally, lack of education provision endangers all fundamental rights associate with the welfare of human beings. Consequently, the role of education and in particular girl child education as a promoter of nation states welfare cannot be overemphasized. As various scholars asserts, the challenges and problems faced by the African girl child, to enjoy her right to education are multifaceted. Such difficulties include sexual abuse, child labor, discrimination, early pregnancies, violence and poverty, culture and religious practices (Julia 219). Across the developing world, millions of young girls lack proper access to basic education. In the contemporary society, this crisis, which is particularly critical in remote and poor region of sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia have fascinated increased public attention. However, almost all global nation states have assured their commitment in addressing various girl child challenges and allowed a declaration to enable each young girl and boy receive education by the year 2015 (Herz and Sperling 17). This target was firmly established and approved in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. However, this study will focus on girls’ education in Africa and its impacts to their livelihood.