{Malala Yousafzai

By: Chelsea Chaves

15 year old girl from the Swat Valley of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Fighting a war on education for young girls

Who Is Malala?

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Assassination attempt by Taliban Members

Shot in the head and neck Rushed to a hospital in Britain Made a full recovery

-no brain or nerve damage

Her Attack

Did not like the fact that she was breaking the law

Taliban believed women should not be educated

Why did the Taliban Attack?

An Islamic group that believes in strict literal meaning of their religious scripture

In Control of Afghanistan

Who is the Taliban?

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Nonprofit organization Helps spread awareness of the

importance of education Helps young girls stand up for

their education Founders are Malala Yousfazai

and father Zaiuddin Yousafzai

Malala Fund

Change the obstacles that are in the way between girls and their education

-poverty-lack of schools

Tried to change her society because of the Taliban's strict no education for women laws

Believes education is the most important thing you can have and all young women should have that opportunity

What did she try to change?

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Established the Malala Fund Connects with girls around the

world through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Had a blog where she wrote about her thrive to be educated and the education she was already receiving

Google hangouts Spoke publically about her

experiences

How is she making this change?

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Inspired women and young girls all around the world

Won the National Youth Peace Prize

Malala and the 32 Million Girls Day

Success of the Malala Fund

Result of Malala’s Efforts

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