The Malala Fund

By: Block D, Peace and Justice

Talibans View on WOmen

The treatment of women was to create a secure environment where the

chastity and dignity of women may once again be sacrosanct
Sacrosanct: something too important with to be interfered with
Women have to wear the burqa at all times in public because the face of a
woman is a source of corruption formen
Women are not allowed to work, not allowed education after eight, and only
allowed to study to Quran
Woman are commonly forced into marriage
Most under 16

How the Taliban Affects WOmens Education

Restricting women's access to work is an attack on women

today.
The Taliban ended, for all practical purposes, education
for girls.
The Taliban was ensuring that women would continue to
sink deeper into poverty and deprivation, thereby
guaranteeing that tomorrow's women would have none of the
skills needed to function in a modern society.

"The Taliban has clamped down on knowledge and ignorance is

ruling instead."
-- Sadriqa, a 22-year-old woman in Kabul

The Incident That Changed Everything

Malala was shot by a masked gunman in the head as she was

coming home from school
This was an attack by the Taliban
In the weeks after the attack, people signed a right to
education petition and it was the first of its kind to be
ratified in Pakistan
Her and her father created the Malala Fund in 2013 and
she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014

Malalas History

Born in 1997 in northwest Pakistan

She was named after Pashtun (race of warriors) heroine
Her father continually advocates for girls education
Malala shares her fathers passion for learning and
education
She won the 1st Pakistani Youth Peace Prize; at this time
the Taliban voted to kill her

The Malala Fund Goal

Malala Fund's goal is to enable girls
to complete 12 years of safe, quality
education so that they can achieve their
potential and be positive change-makers
in their families and communities.
[They] work with partners all over the
world helping to empower girls and
amplify their voices; [they] invest in
local education leaders and programmes;
and [they] advocate for more resources
for education and safe schools for every
child

About the Malala Fund

More To Do:

31 million primary-aged girls are still out of school

around the world.
32 million more girls are missing out on the first 3
years of secondary education.
In total more than 60 million girls are out of school
today.
Gender equality in education is far from achieved.

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