BRAVE...WOMEN...FEARLESS...WOMEN, WE SALUTE YOU!

"I rarely do writes ups, where I honour women individually (I believe all women the world round are hero's in there own way, and you don't have to be a celebrity to know that your worth weighs more than gold)...

"Today I have to take time out to make an exception to the rule".

"I recently came across a story of a 15 year old girl named Malala Yousafzai...Malala is a Pakistani Educational Rights Campaigner,recently shot by the Taliban, this is her story...I want the world to know".

Malala Yousafzai

Malala is a 15 year-old student,and Education Activist from a Town called Mingora,she is known for her education and Women's Right's Activism in the notorious "Swat Valley", where the Taliban had banned women from going to school...

At the age of 11/12 Malala wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC where she tells about her life under Taliban Rule, she also depicts their attempts to take control of the "Swat Valley", and her views on promoting education for girls.

Malala's story gained alot of media attention, the New York Times later filmed a documentary depicting her life,she also became more prevelant in local and world news, doing interviews in print and television, "this young girl was not afraid to SPEAK OUT and expose the plight her people went through and is still going through".

Malala's activism and prevelance in the community later led her to take up a position as chairperson for the District Child Assembly Swat.

Malala has since been nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by Desmond Tutu.

A number of individuals including the Canadian Prime Minister is supporting a petition to nominate Malala for the Nobel Peace Prize.

9 October 2012

 Returning home from school via school bus, Malala was shot in the head and neck in an assassination attempt by Taliban gunmen.
Days after the attack Malala remained unconcious and in a critical state, her condition later improved and she was then sent to a hospital in the United Kingdom for intensive rehabilitation.





12 October 2012

 A group of 50 Islamic Clerics in Pakistan issued a Fatwa against those who tried to kill Malala, but the Taliban reiterated it's intent to kill Malala and her father.

A petition called "I am Malala" was then drawn by Former British Prime Minister and current U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown. The petition demanded that all children worldwide be in school by 2015, the petition was then to be handed by Brown to Pakistan's President in November 2012.

In honouring Malala, U.N.Secretary-General Banki-Moon declared November 10, Malala Day.

 Malala leaves the hospital in the United Kingdom, Birmingham

"After following this young girl's story, I realised how ones voice and presence can become a weapon against the unjust...Malala's bravery high lighted the plight for all children to have the right to an education.

"We might live in different worlds as a society, but somewhere we are all linked...and we all can feel the repercussions of war.

"Malala could have easily been been Me or You...".

We all have the ability to bring about change...

CHANGE:

"In 2013 let's strive to make a difference...to change or highlight the unjust...".

"Growing up as a South African, we have own history of war, a racial war...".
"The war is long gone but the scars of war is still so prevalent,it's raw...".
"Though times have changed and we fight a different war...we fight a war of equality in our lands wealth,equal employment opportunities,the right to proper sanitation,housing etc etc...."

 

HERE'S TO US BEING BRAVE, AND FEARLESS IN 2013!!

Beyonce "I was here"

 

....TRW

 

 

 

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