FEMALE STORIES

Brave princesses & A tough woman (L5 p.103)

Disney Princess, also called the Princess Line, is a media franchise and toy-line owned by The Company.

Created by Disney Consumer Products chairman Andy Mooney, the franchise features a line-up of fictional female protagonists who have appeared in various Disney animations.

2/17 Who can be one princess?

The franchise does not include all princess characters from the whole of Disney-owned media, but rather refers to select specific characters from the company's animated films and series.

The 12 characters considered part of the franchise are , , Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, , , Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, and Moana.

3/17 Basic information of the Princesses

4/17 Those who almost became a princess…

2020/4/10 5/17 Requirements to be a "Disney Princess“ (I)

Each official Disney Princess must meet the following requirements:

1. The character must have a primary role in a Disney/ film. 2. The character must be human, or human-like in the cases of Ariel and formally Tinker Bell. 3. The character should not have been introduced into a sequel.

6/17 Requirements to be a "Disney Princess“ (II)

4. The character should be born royal, married royal or has performed an act of heroism in cases of Mulan. 5. The character's film should be a box office success that is neither underwhelming nor overwhelming, and/or have a cultural impact, like solely with the case of Aurora. This explains the absence of Eilonwy, Kida, Anna and Elsa. 6. Along with it, the character must have massive appeal and recognition towards viewers and audiences alike.

7/17 Chinese Heroine: Mulan (L5 p.106)

Mulan is a 1998 American animated musical historical action adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for . It is based on the Chinese legend of .

The film's plot takes place in China during the Han dynasty, where Fa Mulan, daughter of aged warrior Fa Zhou, impersonates a man to take her father's place during a general conscription to counter a Hun invasion.

8/17 Mulan’s Character

Mulan is the eighth official member the Disney Princess franchise, a media franchise marketed towards young girls.

For children, Mulan demonstrates the positive aspects of never giving up, not being restricted to gender roles and the importance of family and honor.

These aspects of the film are more in keeping with a traditional Chinese perspective on cultural value, such as the importance of family and honor. 9/17 Mulan as a Disney Princess

According to the official Disney Princess website, "Mulan is a loving girl who is always brave and bold. When her country needs it most, she disguises herself as a man and goes off to fight. She uses courage and determination to win the day."

Although Mulan is a member of the Disney Princess franchise, she is not a legitimate princess in the traditional sense, as she was neither born the daughter of a king or queen, nor does she become princess consort by marrying a prince. She is the franchise's first and currently only East Asian member.

10/17 Now let’s introduce another strong woman…

11/17 Malala Yousafzai (L4 p.78)

Malala Yousafzai (born 12 July 1997), also known mononymously as Malala, is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate (aged 17).

12/17 Malala’s Advocacy

She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school.

Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become "the most prominent citizen" of the country.

13/17 Malala’s Rise to Fame

Yousafzai was born to a Pashtun family in Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Her family came to run a chain of schools in the region. In early 2009, when she was 11–12, she wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC Urdu detailing her life during the Taliban occupation of Swat.

The following summer, journalist Adam B. Ellick made a New York Times documentary about her life as the Pakistani military intervened in the region. She rose in prominence, giving interviews in print and on television. 14/17 Malala Got Shot (p.81)

On 9 October 2012, while on a bus in the Swat District, after taking an exam, Yousafzai and two other girls were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt in retaliation for her activism; the gunman fled the scene.

Yousafzai was hit in the head with a bullet and remained unconscious and in critical condition at the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, but her condition later improved enough for her to be transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK. The attempt on her life sparked an international outpouring of support for Yousafzai. 15/17 After Malala’s Recovery

Following her recovery, Yousafzai became a prominent activist for the right to education. Based in Birmingham, she co-founded the Malala Fund, a non-profit organisation with Shiza Shahid, and in 2013 co- authored I Am Malala, an international best-seller.

In 2014, she was the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, along with Kailash Satyarthi of India. Aged 17 at the time, she was the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate.

16/17 Malala’s Life

In 2015, Yousafzai was a subject of the Oscar- shortlisted documentary He Named Me Malala. The 2013, 2014 and 2015 issues of Time magazine featured her as one of the most influential people globally.

Yousafzai attended Edgbaston High School in England from 2013 to 2017, and is currently studying for a bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford.

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