https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5 en-us 2020-02-12 02:25:31 UTC 2025-12-03 01:32:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/255px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png gjohn01 https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/444122677 Malala was born on 12th July, 1997 in Mingora, Pakistan. Her father was adamant that she would receive every opportunity that a boy would get, including the ability to go to school and be educated. This then sets her up for her future in 2012 when Malala started to speak publicly about girls rights to learn, be educated and be treated the same as males.
In October 2012, on Malala's way home from school; a masked figure with a gun hopped on the bus and said, "Which one of you is Malala?"

He shot her.

In the left side of the head.

She survived.

After this attack, when the world heard the news, many people of all different races and religions were praying for her recovery.

In 2014, Malala and her inspirational father set up a foundation named Malala Fund. This foundation was a charity dedicated to giving every girl the opportunity to have the future they dream for. 
In recognition for this work, Malala was therefore nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize Awards in 2014, becoming the youngest ever award recipient for this specific award. 

Currently, Malala is studying at Oxford University and, still, fighting for the rights of education for girls. She still travels to many countries to meet girls fighting poverty, wars, gender discrimination and un-wanted child marriage.

(Fitxgard, 2020)- Information
(Chirrrozongi, 2020)- Picture below]]> 2020-02-12 02:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/444122677 gjohn01 https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/447185525 Malala has always had an open mind. When she sees and issue, she finds a way to fix it in a just manner that suits everyone. Malala saw from a very early age that it wasn't just and fair that girls couldn't have the same education opportunities as boys, this then prompted her father into opening an all girls school for other girls who were interested in becoming educated young adults. Malala, in numerous occasions, has proved that she sees a situation in a birds eye view. This means, that she has no personal perspective, she sees everything from everyone's point of view. She sees the boys who feel privileged because people believe they are the only ones who deserves to be educated and she sees the girls frustration with no action from anyone in power to give them the same educational rights as males. This is therefore keeping an open mind, one factor of being truly radical.

Changing the status quo was something that came without intention for Malala. All she wanted to do was give girls the same/similar opportunities as boys in her home country and many others in similar situations, and that happened. Going against the word of the people in power, opening an all girls school, changed the status quo. It had changed because girls weren't supposed to go to school, and they did. This is another factor of being truly radical.

Malala was shot in the left side of the head, didn't wake up until 10 days after the attack, underwent surgery and survived. This is taking risks for her own well-being by informing others who were prepared to listen. Malala went out of her way to make sure that everyone who wanted to information she had to offer, had the chance to hear it. She went out of her way, to tell the world to protect female rights, to inform them with statistics that then made her a target. Malala never wanted people to suffer from what she was doing, she only saw threat to herself. This is a further example of a contributing factor to being truly radical. 

On this website is a 17 minute video of Malala's first speech, 2013, titled 'How dare the Taliban take away my basic right of education?' which was delivered to the UN. (Hogaroous, 2020)


]]> 2020-02-19 01:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/447185525 gjohn01 https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/447193083 Malala believes in equality and female rights. She thinks that everyone deserves a chance to be educated. If you are suffering from poverty or you are the richest kid in town, you deserve the same chances to live the future your dream of as the person next to you does. 
When she was born, her father was proactive and also believed the same things as she does now. This then was taught to her throughout family gatherings and became a belief that was very important to her. 
In saying that she believed in female rights is correct, but she also believed in male rights. Malala didn't like to discriminate and knew that everyone deserved the same chances and the same rights no matter what gender you are or what colour skin you have or what religion you are. 
Malala is Muslim, which would have also brought on discrimination throughout her travel through Europe, as Christianity was the 'only and most normal' religion in many places around Europe. 

Malala's world view is very similar and manly based on her father's worldview. This is evident by the actions and beliefs that Malala has; such as believing everyone should have the same rights no matter what gender or race you are or if you do not have enough money to fund for certain aspects of life such as an education. 
The religion that Malala was from is Buddism. She worshipped, or the religion worshipped one god named Buddha. By worshipping Buddha they offer flowers and candels and ofter worship in private by reading extracts from the Holy Stories. ]]> 2020-02-19 01:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/447193083 gjohn01 https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/454058071 Malala is someone who has struggled and made her way through many hardships in her life; from being shot in the head to fighting for what she believed but being shot down multiple times. This has inspired me because whenever I wake up in the morning or throughout the day and I think my life is so hard, and difficult, whats the point? 
After thinking about this and then comparing my life to others such as Malala, I realise that I can make it through whatever I put my mind too, like Malala did. Even though life will be hard sometimes- like getting shot and having to be strong enough to fight through that and recover- gives me hope and strength that I can get through whatever stands in my way, all day and everyday. This doesn't take away the fact that there are things that I cannot do, things that I struggle with, or things that knock me back in life, I know that with persistence and help from others around me, I can do it.

I can do anything.

And this has been inspired with the help of this assignment and the research of Malala. ]]> 2020-03-04 01:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/454058071 gjohn01 https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/454061361 Malala, like any human, is not perfect. She is truly radical but that doesn't mean that there are not moments where she retaliates and lets her emotions cloud her judgement and decisions. This has occurred before, when she was angry at the world when the man boarded the bus and shot her. This specific event (being shot) has been very significant in her life. 

 Malala went on and recovered from this incident and said to people that you cannot change peoples opinions and decisions with what they think of you. Even though it wasn't a huge thing, being angry at society and the world for what has happened to you because you are trying to be equal and standing up for educational rights, it still shows that you are human, and you do have emotions to show.

This is a reason why Malala is less than perfect.]]> 2020-03-04 01:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/454061361 gjohn01 https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/454063737  Fitxgard, N. (2020). Malala's story | Malala Fund. [online] Malala.org. Available at: https://malala.org/malalas-story [Accessed 4 Mar. 2020].

Chirrrozongi, F. (2020). UN Secretary-General to designate Malala Yousafzai as Messenger of Peace - United Nations Sustainable Development. [online] United Nations Sustainable Development. Available at: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/04/malala-mop/ [Accessed 4 Mar. 2020].

Hogaroous, J. (2020). Malala Yousafzai’s speech at the Youth Takeover of the United Nations. [online] Theirworld. Available at: https://theirworld.org/explainers/malala-yousafzais-speech-at-the-youth-takeover-of-the-united-nations [Accessed 4 Mar. 2020].]]> 2020-03-04 01:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gjohn01/q1us6occ0ym5/wish/454063737