{ 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? pg?w=814

 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?

 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? Education-300x285.jpeg C8l6Y

 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? b/images/twitter-big.png content/uploads/sites/2/2014/ 02/instagram-logo.jpg GsYt53X15RIp7- tbdjWMwQwl_iUAcW- uSq_8zAprmywdn5DQfBHvxZurs 1=w300 ZWe0/U3BtyEQlEiI/AAAAAAAAOfg/Doq6 Q2MwIKA/s1600/google-logo-874x288.png

 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 Result of Malala’s Efforts media/archive/00344/