– MALALA YOUSAFZAI

 

Malala  Yousafzai, born on 07/12/1997,  from the town of Mingora in the Swat District  of NWFP, Pakistan, was shot in her head on her way home from school in Mingora (see – Mingora Schools), the region’s main city in Swat District on  10/09/2012, because she was  an outspoken advocate of education for girls, according to Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taleban in Swat Valley who  took responsibility on the attempt. Malala  Yousafzai was flown to UK for extensive treatment and her life were’ eventually, saved.  

 

In early 2009, at the age of 11–12,  Malala  Yousafzai wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule, their attempts to take control of the valley , and her views on promoting education for girls (see – Swat School Girls). The following summer, a New York Times documentary was filmed about her life as the Pakistani military intervened in the region, culminating in the Second Battle of Swat (see – Swat-Crisis).  Malala  Yousafzai rose in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television, and she was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize by South African activist Desmond Tutu. 

 

 

 

 

 

• 06/2012 -AFGHAN SCHOOL GIRLS ALLEGEDLY POISONED 
  03/2010 -14 KILLED IN SWAT VALLEY BOMBING 
  08/2009 -MALI WOMEN’S RiGHTS 
  2008 -MUSLiM GIRLS RiGHTS 
  WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD

 

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