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Friday, January 18, 2019

HONORING WOMEN SERIES: MALALA YOUSAFZAI

💫Because I respect and believe in the power of a woman, I’ve decided to honor women in 2019 and beyond on my blog page. There will be one woman “embraced” at least once per week. There will be “no biases”, and the women will be representatives of all walks of life from all over the world who contribute “positively to family, community, city, state, country, and therefore the world. 

🌟Today’s Honoree
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MALALA YOUSAFZAI is a Pakistani activist for female education and a Nobel Prize laureate.  Now 21, she’s the youngest recipient of the award, received when she was only 17.  The prestigious award is presented for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, economics, and the promotion of peace. 

“Malala 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.”  
-Wikipedia 

“Her memoir, “I Am Malala”, published in 2013, has sold 287,170 copies in Britain with a total value of about 2.2 million pounds ($3 million) and over 1.8 million copies worldwide, according to a spokesman from Nielsen Book Research. While Malala has set up the Malala Fund to support girls’ education projects in developing countries, her family also established a company, Salarzai Ltd, in 2013 to protect the rights to her life story.”  
Despite the assasination attempt on her life at the age of 15 for being a known activist for female education, Malala was not deterred by the frightful experience. She is determined to be a voice for girls who have been silenced and living in fear. Malala’s bravery is more than admirable and deserving of being honored. She has the world in front of her, and she certainly has already been an example for girls and women to believe that they, too, have the strength to do great things for a purpose bigger than themselves. *Putting oneself in extreme danger is not encouraged for anyone. Courage does require a spirit of intrepid boldness, of which Malala has a heaping serving.

Encouraging all women to empower and celebrate one another,

🦚GPS - Your Innovative Blogger
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