Malala Yousafzai Research Paper

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Since the world began, men have been perceived to be superior to women. Women have had to work and fight hard for their rights. Girls have faced injustice and have been silenced across the globe. Women are encouraged to stay at home and watch over their children. In the city of Swat, Pakistan, girls are frowned upon when they are born and are discouraged to go to school, as education was only important for boys. Women must be accompanied by men when seen in public and have to wear a burqa to cover up. In Pakistan, women are confined to the domestic world. Malala Yousafzai stood up for women’s rights and faced injustice. While most girls chose to stay silent, Malala spoke out and fought for women across her country and their right to education. In the book I am Malala, Malala Yousafzai proved that women’s rights were oppressed and restricted under the reign of the Taliban. When Malala was born, there was no celebration. When a son was born, Pashtuns celebrated by firing rifles to let the entire village know the good news. Money has been given as a gift when sons are born. When a daughter was born, girls were hidden behind curtains only to cook for their families and give birth to children. People in Malala Yousafzai’s village …show more content…

One of our favorite things was going on school trips. We were lucky enough to live in a paradise like Swat with so many beautiful places to visit.” (123). One of Yousafzai’s favorite things were the school trips she went on. She and her classmates would talk about the trips for weeks in advance. When the day of the trip would come, the girls would dress up in their best clothes and pile into the school buses. At the end of the fieldtrip, Yousafzai’s father would always make the girls take turns telling stories about what they had seen. However, when Fazlullah came around, Yousafzai could no longer go on school trips because girls were not allowed to be seen

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