Malala Yousafzai (born 1997) is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala is from the Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan, where the local Taliban has banned girls from attending school. Malala, whose family ran a chain of local schools, publicly stood against the Taliban's actions and launched an international movement, surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban on October 9th, 2012. The article discusses this incredible young woman and her continuing advocation for universal women's education.
Pair “Resistance to the Vietnam War” with “Malala Yousafzai: A Normal Yet Powerful Girl” and have students compare the descriptions of activism in each piece. Malala Yousafzai overcame incredible adversity to fight for the rights of girls to be educated; during the Vietnam War, many Americans feared the draft and were opposed to the brutal tactics the United States army was using. In the context of the article about Malala, how do people create change? How is this similar to the way in which Vietnam War protestors convinced the United States government to pull troops of out Vietnam more quickly than they otherwise would have?