Abrams is now one of the most prominent African American female politicians in the United States. Mingora is the largest city in the Swat Valley of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan. This is the philosophy of non-violence that I have learnt from Gandhi Jee, Bacha Khan and Mother Teresa. In the name of God, the most merciful, the most beneficent. Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me. We call upon the developed nations to support the expansion of education opportunities for girls in the developing world. Earlier this year, UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres designated education activist and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai as a UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on girls' education. Dear brothers and sisters, I was named after the inspirational Malalai of Maiwand who is the Pashtun Joan of Arc. Girls education was specifically targeted by the Taliban and by the end of 2008 they had destroyed over 400 schools. Women and children are suffering in many ways in many parts of the world. She utilizes many powerful literary devices to gain the audience attention. She was also able to see by firsthand how illiteracy can be a danger to a person and how others can take advantage of it. There are hundreds of human rights activists and social workers who are not only speaking for their rights, but who are struggling to achieve their goal of peace, education and equality. All Rights Reserved. Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor: Culinary Anthropologist, Dr. Wangari Maathai: The story of a leader in social, environmental, and political activism and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Towards Hawaiian Sovereignty: Legacy of Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask, Chronicles of American Women: Your History Makers, Women Writing History: A Coronavirus Journaling Project, We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC, Learning Resources on Women's Political Participation, https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/yousafzai/biographical/. Ms. Yousafzai began speaking out for girls' education at the age of 11 in her native Pakistan. Today is it an honor for me to be speaking again after a long time. We. So let us wage a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism and let us pick up our books and pens. Their right to live in peace. Education might not be the cure of the worlds problem but its important to be knowledgeable. My brave sisters Shazia and Kainat who were also shot that day on our school bus. By age seventeen, Yousafzai became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her work. Women and children are suffering in many ways in many parts of the world. I don't know what people would be expecting me to say, but first of all thank you to God for whom we all are equal and thank you to every person who has prayed for my fast recovery and new life.

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