In the bibliography “I Am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai, importance of girl’s education back east is addressed. Malala explains to the reader the horrors and barriers she faced while trying to justify the importance of girls’ education. She uses influential ethos, a tenacious tone, and vigorous pathos to get the reader to perceive that a girl’s education is just as imperative as a boy’s education. Malala wants the reader to know how it is being a girl fighting for girl’s education. With the use of these three rhetorical strategies, she can get the reader to comprehend that every girl has the right to an education.
Given the oppressive rule of the Taliban, how could women survive without men in their family? The book The Other Side of the Sky by Farah Ahmedi and Tamim Ansary, answers that question by the journey of Farah and her mother. Their journey goes from Afghanistan all the way to America. On this trip, Farah and her mom face many hardships, including their physical injuries and losing their family. In Afghanistan and Pakistan women lacked various rights under Taliban rule that limited their freedoms, but conditions have improved since the Taliban relinquished their power, which shows that given the opportunity women can become independent.
In Pakistan, women are prohibited from getting an education. Though Marjane and Malala are from different countries under two different extremes of radical Islamic rulings, their educational beliefs are consistent with one another. Just like Marji, Malala grew up in a progressive family where her father, a teacher and protestor, encouraged her to become an educated woman. Inspired by her father, she promised “I will get my education- if it is at home, in school, or any place. They [The Taliban] cannot stop me" (malala, he named me malala). Though she and her family knew it was dangerous for her to attend school, she continued to do so, and also became an active political speaker for women’s rights to education. Eventually, the Taliban raided Malala’s school and she was shot in the head for attempting to receive an education. Luckily, Malala survived the attack, but she was exiled from Pakistan and threatened to be killed if she returns. Malala continues to pursue her education in Britain after she recovered. When asked if she feels anger or fear towards the Taliban, she responds, "No. Not even as small as an atom. Or maybe a nucleus of an atom. Or maybe a proton. Or maybe a quark" (malala, he named me malala). As much of the world stands with Malala’s efforts, she is now an international stand to women’s education against women oppressive societies throughout the world, and can be considered a threat to the
Malala Yousafzai, being a completely different person that any girl in her country demonstrates the gruesome and savage nature of the men and women in the country of Pakistan. She not only shows the unawareness driven by fright among the people there, but displays how horrid it truly was. Influences of a misinterpretation form of Islam yield the innocent under the hands of the miserable forces of the evil such as the Taliban. Subsequently, the country of Pakistan under Taliban rule has gone through continuous fear and discriminations that strip girls from their education. Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani woman who only wanted an education, was obligated to view her life at its worst and at the same time, view the desire and dreams of girls who fight for their education that they have been denied. Yousafzai has glimpsed and lived through a world that no American child could have ever imagined and cherishes an education what no child would have imagined losing. Nonetheless, through her novel, I Am Malala, Yousafzai has put into effect an extraordinary and a determined message to the world of a sincere love for education and peace. Malala utilizes strong repetition, vivid imagery, and powerful ethos in her biography to show kids how if you believe in something you fight for it and never give up.
Disobedience is a virtue exhibited among those who grow weary of their current situation and take it upon themselves to stand on their conviction. Oscar Wilde’s observations throughout his 46 years of life are quite evident of this. The Irish author believed that social progress came about due to disobedience and rebellion. The likes of Malala Yousafzai, Nelson Mandela and Susan B. Anthony are evident of this.
Throughout many poor and developing countries, it is traditional for men to earn income and money for their families, while women are responsible for caring for their children or elderly parents. However, it can be a struggle for these families to pay for school for their children, or even basic necessities such as food and clothes, due to their limited income. Microcredit organizations are working to help poverty stricken families such as these by lending small amounts of money to women. The provided money, called microloans, helps women start small business of their own and bring in additional income for their family. Although it is argued that these women could end up with an accumulation of debt that they are unable to repay, the
In her book The Underground Girls of Kabul, Jenny Nordberg discusses the controversial bacha posh system in Afghanistan and its effects on young girls who experience it. Nordberg believes “it can be an empowering experience for a girl to live as a boy…. It can benefit both ambition and self-confidence.” Because this lifestyle can temporarily expand a girl’s freedom and because she can aid her family both financially and socially, this system certainly empowers young girls and benefits the society as a whole.
Equality of genders is a basic human right that all should posses. However, in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, the reader explores Afghanistan’s true nature of extreme gender inequality towards women and how it affects all the characters within the novel. The novel explores how within a marriage, women have unequal rights, undergo major amounts of physical abuse, and are emotionally and mentally tormented by their very own supposedly beloved husbands.
In Under The Persimmon Tree, the Taliban are shown to be a group of cruel and terrible people. In the real world however, living under this extremist group is much worse. The author connected Nusrat and Najmah to the Taliban show how they can affect people 's everyday lives. They have murdered hundreds, and ruined the lives of countless others. The Taliban issue many harsh rules and regulations. Affect everyday families by tearing men and boys away from their families.
“This is what my soul is telling me: be peaceful and love everyone.” -Malala Yousafzai. You know what? Malala is doing exactly that. Malala Yousafzai is 19 years old, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, feminist, a supporter for girl’s education, and she has been through traumatizing activity in Pakistan. Women all around the world are treated in different ways, but have always been put below men. The United States is one of the best places for women, and Pakistan is one of the worst. They have shocking differences such as rights and the way they are treated.
Bold, brave, and fearless, are three words that usually come to mind when you hear the name Malala. Many people know Malala Yousafzai as “The girl who was shot by the Taliban”. However, she was much more than that. Malala Yousafzai changed the world by fighting for the importance of girls’ education. She stood up for her rights and everyone else's too. Shot by the Taliban, Malala continues to campaign about educational rights. She has left her legacy as “The woman who stood up for girls’ education”.
In the book Sustainability a Reader for Writers the author Carl G. Herndl composes many stories and account of different writers. “You have to be able to get along with your enemy, because he may be the person operating the neighborhood pump in your polder (Diamond 21).” The purposes of using polders are to control floods. A polder is a piece of land that has been reclaimed from a body of water by using pumps and drainage canals. People living in polders know that this is how all communities should work together towards a bigger goal. You have to be able to look past your own problems and be able to work towards the bigger picture. People all over the world purchase, use, and dispose of huge varieties of products without
Malala stood up against the taliban, and demanded the right of education for girls. She has rallied the world in the fight to educate young girls, and children in general. But her greatest gift has been to demonstrate to everyone around the world, that it is possible to stand up against what is wrong. Malala has shown courage because she knew the risk it would take to advocate for the education of girls. Malala states, “ All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one”. She is courageous because despite knowing the danger in which she was placing herself, she still never stood down. Malala Yousafzai, shot and wounded in Pakistan for being an advocate of education for young women when she was 15, has emerged as an international symbol of the challenges that still exist in gender equality in education. She has one goal, the right for girls education, and she will not come down without a fight. Not only did she show great courage, but she also showed compassion.
In recent times, there has been widespread debate on how education is the most effective means in impacting and re-orienting gender stereotypes and traditional gender roles; and on its role in changing traditional mindset in society.Education certainly has the potential to play a key role in gender formation and change. Gender is a socially constructed and intersectional identity: it always intersects with social class, ethnicity and religion, culture, disability, sexuality, age etc. Education itself offers real opportunities to challenge gender stereotypes.
Unlike doctors that only have one agenda when it comes to a woman giving birth, midwives provide women with individualized care uniquely suited to their physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and cultural needs. In the course of developing that relationship, midwives provide personalized and thorough care at many levels that empowers the soon-to-be mother in her ability to give birth and care for her baby. The maternity care practiced should be based on the needs of the mother and child and not the caregiver or provider; therefore, interventions should be avoided with the natural birthing process unless complications arise. Until 1940, midwives used to deliver most babies; however, there was a cultural and social shift that made women believe that the hospital provided a safer, pain-free birth without risks of hemorrhage, infection or death (Connerton). This movement has “grappled with economic, political, religious and racial differences” (Craven). Midwifery has been able to survive mostly through rural and low-income populations in the United States that is culturally entrenched in the belief of natural birth. The “right to choose has been transformed into a message of consumer rights” which is often distinguished among racial and class lines (Craven). The perception among wealthy women that it is their “right” to have control within their childbirth experiences is not shared by all low-income women, who often express their support for midwives in terms of affordability (Craven).