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“SOME PEOPLE ONLY OTHERS PEOPLE ASK “SOME TO DO SOMETHING. I BELIEVE THAT, AND MOVE FORWARD?” WHY SHOULD I WAIT FOR SOMEONE SOMEONE IWAIT FOR SHOULD WHY f h about made was Yorka New documentary Times und (BBC) Company detailing Broadcasting her life f of suppression was Malala 1 York. New a in Headquarters u s a off – Day Malala and to 2013, 12, July first ’s E the r to lead helped which petition a – 2015 end the by school in be worldwide children sl la supp n M 2012, r human Power to Truth Speak and activist African the International Children’s Peace Prize b print and on television, and was nominated for Malala rose in prominence, in interviews giving region, for the valley, and her views on promoting education wrote early In school. attending from banned times at had especially in the Swat Valley, where th a Pakhtunkhwa province. She is known for he Di activist Malala Yousafzai is a a student ELSE? WHY DON’T ITAKE ASTEP DON’T WHY ELSE? or therightofallchildrentoeducati Education, Global or a i 0 ne h sotn, hig shooting, the ince ducation n at er life as the Pakistani military in intervened the w tofor rights education and ctivism for women, hs eedr emn Tt. n O In Tutu. Desmond defender ghts dmnig that demanding Malala”, am “I ogan alala left alala u strict of Pakistan’sstrict Khyber northwestern iiain f aitns f Pakistan’s of tification , vra euain t h United the at education iversal cas Mll gv her gave Malala icials, re te oe Pae rz o December on Prize Peace Nobel the arded n girls in the Swat Valley. The following summer, following The Valley. Swat the in girls i er rule, to taketheir attempts control of nl and onal hd ptto i hr name, her in petition a ched or 04 fr e srgl aant the against struggle her for 2014, a blog under a pseudonym for the British British the for apseudonym under a blog . h United The t. h Tlbns tep t attempt Taliban’s the culminating in the . Swat. of Battle Second the in culminating from the the from 2009, at the age of 11–12, Malala Malala 11–12, of age the 2009, at il Mll ws h wne of winner the was Malala Bill. h er in critical condition, sparkin condition, critical in er hlrn n yug epe and people, young and children National Youth Peace Prize. On Prize. Peace Youth National i n town town te eert hr 6h birthday 16th her celebrate ntoa otorn of outpouring rnational h N lighting of Mingora of a d in Seil Envoy Special tions y de ay is pbi speech public first odn Brown, Gordon h ncsiy of necessity the ir cla st assas o nd nd education ih to Right on. e b UN by red in in us tbr of ctober e Taliban the the

in y South y South Nations t g sinate Swat Swat g a g all he of r have been injured. I am just one of them. So here I stand.... one among many. among girl one Istand.... here So ofthem. one just Iam injured. been have millions and terrorists the by killed been have ofpeople Thousands equality. and peace to of achieve but who are for education, speaking struggling human their goals rights, and social workers who are There not are only rights. hundreds activists of their for voice their raised have who girl every and boy every woman, of every day the is to action. ofus all to inspire continue They to give. continue they leadership the for both them Ithank And Brown. Mr. Envoy, Gordon Special UN ofthe work the and Initiative strength. my recover and better get me helped have who government UAE the and UK the and Pakistan in hospitals ofthe staff the of all and doctors nurses, my to thank like Iwould me. strengthened prayers whose you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me. Thank you to my elders Thank ofthem. to all you Thank world. the over all from gifts and cards wish of good thousands received Ihave me. shown have people love much how believe I cannot life. anew and recovery fast my for prayed has who person to every you thank and equal are all we whom for God to you thank all, of first But to say. me expecting life. my in moment agreat is people honorable such with here Being time. along after again speaking to be me for honor an is it today sisters; and brothers dear my and elders respected Brown, Mr. Gordon Education Global for Envoy UN Honorable General Mr. President respected Vuk Ban Ki-moon, General Assembly Jeremic, Secretary UN Honorable Merciful. Most The Beneficent, Most The ofGod, name the In NATIONS ,2013 REMARKS BY MALALAYOUSAFZI: YOUTH TAKEOVER (“MALALADAY”) AT THE UNITED MALALA YOUSAFZAIMALALA Dear brothers and sisters, do remember one thing. Malala Day is not my day. Today day. my not is Day Malala thing. one remember do sisters, and brothers Dear First Education Global his in Secretary-General the Mr. Ki-moon, Ban support I fully be would people what know Idon’t speech. my to begin where know I don’t

Olivia Harris/Corbis I speak—not for myself, but for all girls and boys. I raise up my Honorable Secretary General, peace is necessary for education. voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice In many parts of the world—especially Pakistan and Afghanistan, can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights: Their right to terrorism, wars and conflicts stop children to go to their schools. live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated. Dear friends, on in many parts of the world in many ways. In India, innocent and the 9th of October 2012, the Taliban shot me on the left side of my poor children are victims of child labor. Many schools have been forehead. They shot my friends too. They thought that the bullets destroyed in Nigeria. People in Afghanistan have been affected would silence us. But they failed. And then, out of that silence came by the hurdles of extremism for decades. Young girls have to do thousands of voices. The terrorists thought that they would change domestic child labor and are forced to get married at an early age. our aims and stop our ambitions, but nothing changed in my life Poverty, ignorance, injustice, racism and the deprivation of basic except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power rights are the main problems faced by both men and women. and courage was born. I am the same Malala. My ambitions are the Dear fellows, today I am focusing on women’s rights and girls’ same. My hopes are the same. My dreams are the same. education because they are suffering the most. There was a time Dear sisters and brothers, I am not against anyone. Neither am when women social activists asked men to stand up for their rights. I here to speak in terms of personal revenge against the Taliban But, this time, we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step or any other terrorists group. I am here to speak up for the right away from speaking for women’s rights; rather I am focusing on of education of every child. I want education for the sons and the women to be independent to fight for themselves. Dear sisters and daughters of all the extremists, especially the Taliban. brothers, now it’s time to speak up. I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there is a gun in So today, we call upon the world leaders to change their my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him. This is strategic policies in favor of peace and prosperity. We call upon the compassion that I have learnt from Muhammad—the prophet of the world leaders that all the peace deals must protect women and mercy, Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha. This is the legacy of change children’s rights. A deal that goes against the dignity of women that I have inherited from Martin Luther King, and and their rights is unacceptable. We call upon all governments . This is the philosophy of non-violence that I to ensure free compulsory education for every child all over the have learnt from Gandhi Jee, Bacha Khan and . And world. We call upon all governments to fight against terrorism and this is the forgiveness that I have learnt from my mother and father. violence, to protect children from brutality and harm. We call upon This is what my soul is telling me, be peaceful and love everyone. the developed nations to support the expansion of educational Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light opportunities for girls in the developing world. We call upon all when we see darkness. We realize the importance of our voice when communities to be tolerant—to reject prejudice based on cast, we are silenced. In the same way, when we were in Swat, the north creed, sect, religion or gender, to ensure freedom and equality for of Pakistan, we realized the importance of pens and books when women so that they can flourish. We cannot all succeed when half we saw the guns. The wise saying, “The pen is mightier than sword” of us are held back. We call upon our sisters around the world to be was true. The extremists are afraid of books and pens. The power brave—to embrace the strength within themselves and realize their of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power full potential. of the voice of women frightens them. And that is why they killed 14 Dear brothers and sisters, we want schools and education for innocent medical students in the recent attack in Quetta. And that is every child’s bright future. We will continue our journey to our why they killed many female teachers and polio workers in Khyber destination of peace and education for everyone. No one can Pukhtoonkhwa and FATA. That is why they are blasting schools stop us. We will speak for our rights and we will bring change every day. Because they were and they are afraid of change, afraid through our voice. We must believe in the power and the strength of the equality that we will bring into our society. of our words. Our words can change the world because we are I remember that there was a boy in our school who was asked all together, united for the cause of education. And if we want to by a journalist, “Why are the Taliban against education?” He achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of answered very simply. By pointing to his book he said, “A Talib knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness. doesn’t know what is written inside this book.” They think that God Dear brothers and sisters, we must not forget that millions of is a tiny, little conservative being who would send girls to hell just people are suffering from poverty, injustice and ignorance. We because of going to school. must not forget that millions of children are out of school. We The terrorists are misusing the name of Islam and Pashtun must not forget that our sisters and brothers are waiting for a society for their own personal benefits. Pakistan is a peace- bright peaceful future. So let us wage a global struggle against loving, democratic country. want education for their illiteracy, poverty and terrorism and let us pick up our books daughters and sons, and Islam is a religion of peace, humanity and and pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one brotherhood. Islam says that it is not only each child’s right to get teacher, one pen and one book can change the world. Education is education, rather it is their duty and responsibility. the only solution. Education First. SPEAKING UP FOR THE RIGHT TO GRADE LEVEL: 7–12 HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES: FREEDOM FROM EDUCATION – DISCRIMINATION, FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND MALALA YOUSAFZAI SPEECH,

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF STUDENT SKILLS: MATERIALS: HUMAN RIGHTS: • Collecting Data and Statistics • Diane Sawyer’s full interview on ABC: • Article 3: Right to Life, Liberty and • Written Expression abcnews.go.com/International/ Security of Person • Using knowledge from oral, written and exclusive-malala-yousafzai-continues- • Article 5: Freedom from Degrading on-line resources fight-education-year/story? Treatment and Punishment • Building background knowledge id=20547267 • Article 7: Freedom from Discrimination • Or Full CNN interview with • Article 19: Right to Freedom and CONCEPTS: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour: Expression • Global Poverty amanpour.blogs..com/2013/10/21/fu • Article 26: Right to Education • Courage c-interview-malala-yousafzai/ • Right to Education • Malala’s speech to the UN GUIDING QUESTIONS: • Compassion on her 16th birthday video: • What are the obstacles that have an • Peace www.cnn.com/2013/07/12/world/united- impact on girls’ education and barriers • Humanity nations-malala/index.html Transcript: • Brotherhood that keep girls from attending school? http://opportunitydesk.org/2013/07/16/ • Discrimination • What can be done to lessen these barriers? full-text-of-malala-yousafzais-speech-at- • Pacifist • What is the impact of a girls’ education on the-united-nations/ a family/ community? • Statistic sheet from “Girl Rising”: VOCABULARY: • How has Malala used her voice to stand up http://globalclassrooms.weebly.com/ for her rights and the rights of others? • Taliban • Advocacy uploads/2/3/8/4/23841948/ gr_curriculum_resources_statistics-1.pdf OBJECTIVES: • By the end of the lesson, students will • Iman • World Bank statistics sheet: siteresources.worldbank. be able to: • Swat Valley org/EXTEDSTATS/ • Discuss the importance of education • Pakistan • Resources/3232763-1197312825215/Ed and the importance of equal access StatsNewsletter22.pdf • Bravery to education. • Information about girls' education: • Identify the reasons that girls face barriers • FATA • Pashtun o http://www.worldbank.org/en/ and discrimination in educational access. topic/girlseducation • Describe the impact of a girl’s education on • Islam o https://www.malala.org/girls- the global community. COMMON CORE STANDARDS: education • Discuss ways they can speak for others in • CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.A.1 • Fact Sheet: "The World's Best Investment: the same way as Malala. • CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.A.2 Girls' Education" “The Simple Case for • CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.B.3 Investing in Girls”: https:// • CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.B.4 www.malala.org/brookings-report/the- • CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.B.5 worlds-best-investment-girls-education • CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.B.6 TIME: 80–160 minutes

3 | Speak Truth To Power STUDENT ACTIVITIES

ANTICIPATORY SET: ACTIVITY 2: • In small groups ask students to: • Remind students about the previous discussion about girls’

{{Identify future career or college interests. education.

{{List the education needed to achieve their future goals. • Distribute or show page 3 of the World Bank Statistics of girls • Have students come back together as a group and ask one out of school: siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTEDSTATS/ member from each group to list the answers. Be sure to stress Resources/3232763-1197312825215/EdStatsNewsletter22.pdf that even if a student is not college-bound the necessity for a high • Have students locate these areas on the map. school diploma in today’s society. • Tell students there is a young who is trying • Ask students what would have happened if they were never able to change those statistics. Show either the 20/20 interview or CNN to attend school, if they were unable to read or write? What if they interview with Malala. were forced to leave school after elementary school? How would • Engage the students in a discussion with the following questions:

their ability to achieve their goals have changed? {{What does it mean to have courage?

{{How is Malala an example of bravery and courage? ACTIVITY 1: • Introduce the statistic that there are 32 million fewer girls than boys in primary school. Education First: An Initiative of the United ACTIVITY 3: Nations Secretary General, 2012. • Show the video of Malala’s address to the United Nations or have • Hang blank poster paper around the room. Have students the students read the transcript. walk around to brainstorm reasons for the above statistic. o http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-23291897/ Bring the class back together and write down the commonalities malala-yousafzai-speech-in-full among groups. o http://www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/ • Share the links on girls' education listed above. Write down the malala_speach.pdf reasons for girls’ absences. Have students see how many reasons • Discuss their reactions to the speech: that they brainstormed w . Discuss what it would ere on these lists {{Malala talks about many different concepts including: be like to be a girl who was one of the statistics. Remind them of compassion, brotherhood, non-violence, peace and equality. their hopes and dreams. • Ask the students to spend some time journaling about how she expresses these concepts in her speech (students may need to have the transcript next to them for this activity). • Have students either discuss or write about how she connects her philosophy with that of great peacemakers and advocates of non-violence.

Speak Truth To Power | 4 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK

Since the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Here are examples of relevant international documents: (UDHR) by the United Nations (UN) in 1948, many other international documents—also called treaties, covenants, resolutions, or THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (CRC) conventions—have been drafted to develop these rights further. • Article 2: Right to be free from discrimination Countries commit to protect the rights recognized in these treaties by • Article 13: Freedom of expression ‘ratifying’ them and sometimes a specific institution is created within • Article 14: Freedom of thought, and religion the UN to monitor their compliance. • Article 28: Right to education

INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (ICCPR)

INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ICESCR)

CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (CEDAW)

For more information, visit the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ website: www.ohchr.org

BECOME A DEFENDER

• Review what you had discussed about Malala’s speech. • Students should consider the following in developing • Write the following quote from her speech on the board: their action plans:

{{“I speak- not for myself, but for all girls and boys, I raise up 1. What is the end goal? Do you want to educate your my voice-not so that I can shout, but so that those without a community about an issue? Do you want to change a law or voice can be heard.” policy? Do you want to publically support a human rights • Discuss with the students: defender like Malala?

{{What does it mean to be an advocate or defender? 2. Who do you need to work with or influence to help you

{{How does Malala exemplify what it means to be a defender? achieve your goal? A politician, journalist, other students,

{{What does that quote mean to you? community members, school administrators?

{{How can you raise your voice for those without a voice? 3. How can you reach that person or those people? What

{{What can you do to become a defender? is the action your group will take? (ie. create a public • Have the students form Action Groups of 3-5 members. service announcement, a video, write a letter to the local • Ask each Action Group to identify a school, community, national newspaper, organize a letter writing campaign, bring in a and international issue they feel passionate about. Have each speaker, etc.) group write their issues on flip chart paper under the different 4. What materials or resources will you need to take action? headings: School, Community, National, International. 5. Take Action! • Have each group select one issue they will work on over the course of a specific time period leading up to a School-Wide Day of Action.

5 | Speak Truth To Power ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Shining Hope for Communities https://www.malala.org www.shofco.org An organization dedicated to empowering girls through education An organization transforming the face of urban poverty in Kenya through free education Yousafzai, Malala and Lamb, Christian. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Girl Rising Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. www.girlrising.com Little, Brown & Company. N.Y. 2013. A movie about girls around the world fighting for the right to an Malala’s autobiography education

Washington Post Review Mind the Gap www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-i-am-malala- www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Pages/mind-the-gap. by-malala-yousafzai/2013/10/11/530ba90a-329a-11e3-9c68- aspx?SPSLanguage=EN 1cf643210300_story.html An online game about gender differences in education A review of Malala’s autobiography UN Global First Education Initiative “Malala Inspires Advocacy Curriculum at George Washington www.globaleducationfirst.org University” A five-year initiative to accelerate progress towards the Education for https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/malala-inspires-new- All goals and the education-related Millennium Development goals curriculum-at-george-washington-university An article about GW’s creation of multimedia curriculum tools to No Ceilings accompany Malala’s book http://www.noceilings.org/ • https://malala.gwu.edu/ An effort led by Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Clinton Foundation to bring together partner organizations to evaluate and share the “Diary of a Pakistani Schoolgirl” progress women and girls have made in the 20 years since the UN news..co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7834402.stm Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing The writings that first got Malala national and international attention Malala’s Nobel Peace Price Lecture www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2014/ “My Conversations with Malala Yousafzai” yousafzai-lecture.html www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2012/1011/My- Given December 10, 2014 at the Oslo City Hall, Norway conversations-with-Malala-Yousafzai-the-girl-who-stood-up-to- the-Taliban-video An account of the day of the assassination attempt

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