DEDICATION.

This book is dedicated to God almighty my hevenly father and also to all those people out there that
fight for equality in education and gender equality and also to my earthly parents for their love and care
Mr and Mrs Tambe Stanley and also my beautiful sisters.
CHAPTER ONE: WE ARE AFRAID TO STAND UP FOR WOMENS RIGHT,MALALA WAS NEVER.

You know what most time people are just afraid to speak against things that are evil, and they live in
that evil and allow evil prevail , but I wanna take some time to point out something here, maybe it will
sound as if am preaching no am not am telling something important, there was a study done on more
than one hundred people they were ask what was there life biggest regret , they said , ”they regret not
the things they did, but the things they didn ’t do ”. And frankly speaking that ’s true , sometime we are
too afraid to speak against evil, I just wanna share a story may be it will be helpful to us all, I do not
called this courage, I called it love for humanity, I title this books ,I had two options, to stop or continue,
become the malala of your country, because ,she {malala} was a lover for humanity malala was just a kid
when she started speaking against rebels and all the terrorism that was taken place in Pakitan and till
now , is till taken places, let’s get thing open up here, girls educations is very hard in Pakistan, but
malala spoke against it , well the issues of girls inequality is becoming outrageous , nobody want to
speak against it, but want to congratulate those that try to speak against it, gender inequality is a gobal
issues and must be address, forget about giving awards to person that stands for equality, lets join hands
together and speaks against this . if the world leaders and the world at large do not look at this issues
drastically ,the world will not be able to control, gender inequality by 2021 because ,everyday that
passes the women are been oppress at large .

Every woman is been needed for the fight of equal education, equal pay and more , every country
needs a malala , you need to become the malala of your country , you can just be watching , if you ever
want a change about something , you must be involved , the world needs you, your country needs you ,
you are malala the second, don’t ask how you going to start, start somewhere, I must confess I am
really move by the courage of malala, may be I should share a little or more about the people malala
spoke against when she was just twelve years old , they are called the ’TALIBAN ‘ , Well maybe you are
asking who are the Taliban , I will like to explains the Taliban are a dangerous set of group that invaded
Pakistan and band girls education. Well you must understand that this is not what am sopuse to be
discussing in this chapter but I just gave a tip on it .

Well the reason why I choose to write this book is because I want to send a global message to all
women all over the world , if you can not stand for what is yours and claim it I will say that the women
of 1960/1970 are far more better than the women on this present generation, in 1960/1970 women
took their time to speak for what is right , I want to say every girl child has an equal right to education , I
know women are the ones that make the world most, both in population and in some aspect, especially
man can not exist without a woman , even God knows it is important for a woman among men, whether
man or woman we are all special to God so I see no reason why you as a woman should not stand for
what is right , I expect you to speak , if you can not speak against, support against, if you can not support
against , join against and fight against inequality. The better you start now the better for you all for
malala did a great thing , she is not trying to put a show that she is brave, no malala is challenging every
woman of this present generation to stand up for what is right .
 “ Remember this if you can not speak against the evil, the evil will speak against you with reason,
if every woman will join an fight for today , then tomorrow will be better as the today you fought for “

For your today will be another person today, you don ’t get , there is only one day in life and is today,
because your tomorrow will be your today, you have to stand up for what is right , for womanhood is not
all about getting married, cooking, clubbing for the loose women, womanhood is all about the woman
pride and many women has lost their pride as a woman , some women have loose their integrity, and it
is because of this some uneducated person or group thinks girl child education is a waste , if I must
confess, women have some special characteristics yet to be known , I know you are reading this book
now, you have to make a sound in you work place , in the educational system, if you can not take a
chance and speak for what is right.

Then who do you think will take that chances?

Or your children will take that chances, you are to create it, stop waiting start somewhere, start a
campiagne , give reason for a girl child education, the females can succeed as the male , but that did not
mean the female are superior to the male but still I know the women of this world need to start taking
for their right , we have all heard history of great women who stand up for their right, some where jail
four times , serving prisons term for no just course , because they know that , women right is human
right, gender is not a border for inequality, equality in education to the female are right and not
previledge , women need to stand up , the world can not killed all the women but I know all the women
can killed the whole world. If you do not make things easy for your female children it will be bad, like
mostly the female of this present generation do not know what it takes to be a woman, they just don ’t
get that to be a woman is something special, they have loose their pride as women, but the time is not
late the time is always right any time you want to start talking for the right for girl education . well I will
give a brief history about the fearless malala may be it will give you the pride of womanhood , and also
the men are not left out well I will explain in the coming chapter why the men are not left out.

Don’t be afraid to stand for your right , let me tell you many have giving their life for the right of
women and till now many in many countries are still fighting for women right they need your support ,
they need your voice , you must not be where they are , before you can speak , start where you are
speak for the right of women to education, because many women are been limited in their potential
because of lack of education. One thing you need to know is that education is not about figures, is not
about positions in class, education assist to develop that inner character of every human, you only be
educated when you read and know what you are reading. Education gives us and insight about our
potentials , women are one of the fasters successful persons but lack of education will distroyed that
potential , if you don’t know the meekness of a woman and the mild expression of a woman can man a
hungry lion not to bit or kill.

Your potentials are within you this is to all and not just the female , we have to join them in
the fight against inequality in education, we have to , we need to make this as one of our goals , if we
can not speak for right to equal education we will never have it , am taking to all men and women, the
women of this world ought to be equal in education.
 MALALA she was not a caword when she stand up for the right to education in pakistan, and if every
woman continues keeping silent in your respective countries, that means you are saying that malala
was wrong standing up for justice of equality, women you can make equality to education to all , and
that can only happen when we all join together as one and stand up , because it is practical if you hold
one stick in your hand you can break it , but if you hold many sticks in your hand, you may not be able to
break them, with you hands at once . so together equality to education for both male and female will
stand . I want you to stand up and become the malala of you country. Okay a brief story about malala I
will like you to know her fight for equal education.
CHAPTER TWO: MALALA STORY

Malala is from Mingora, in northern Pakistan, where girls do not usually go to high school. But Malala
loves learning. Encouraged by her father, who run a local school, Malala broke the tradition and went to
high school to continue her education.
Girls are banned from school When the Taliban took over parts of Pakistan in 2007, everything changed.
Television, music and cinema were banned, women could not go to the market and girls were stopped
from going to school. 150 schools were blown up by the Taliban in 2008. "My friends and I don ’t
understand what is so wrong about going to school. My father says that the Taliban are afraid of pens ."
excited," she said, '"because I knew that everyone in Pakistan could hear me, but that ’s why I said: How
dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?"

That is when she started writing a blog for the BBC. Writing under a pseudonym, she described her
passion for learning and the oppression of the Taliban. Her blog was an inspiration to many.
Attacked were going on in schools, Malala was nominated in 2011 for the International Children’s Peace
Prize, in recognition of her bravery in speaking out for every girl's right to an education. She did not win,
but by now she was a global figure , invited to speak around the world. In October 2012, Taliban gunmen
boarded her school bus, identified Malala, and shot her in the head.

Malala was brought to the United Kingdom, where she recovered from the attack and stayed with her
family. In 2013, she was awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize and given a standing ovation in
The Hague. Her resolve strengthened. "After the attack," she said, "I only had two options: stop or
continue my mission. And I decided to continue. That ’s the only way I can see it; even death supports my
mission and I mustn’t be afraid anymore."

As a young girl, Malala Yousafzai fight against the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed
to receive an education. . Born on July 12, 1997, Yousafzai became an advocate for girls' education. So
you see this has been malala fight rigtht from when she was still a kid and you sit there and be
watching, malala can not do this alone , you have to join her by campaigning for womens right in your
various countries . do you know why malala never die even when she was shot on the head ?

‘ It is because what she is standing for is right and just ’.

Become the malala of your country , gender equality in education is a right thing to die for or fight for,
because it is women right and not a priviledge.
CHAPTER THREE: ARE WOMENS RIGHT ,HUMANS RIGHT

What are women’s human rights?

Women’s rights are the fundamental human rights that were enshrined by the United Nations for every
human being on the planet nearly 70 years ago. These rights include the right to live free from violence,
slavery, and discrimination; to be educated; to own property; to vote; and to earn a fair and equal wage.
As the now-famous saying goes, “women’s rights are human rights. ” That is to say, women are entitled to
all of these rights. Yet almost everywhere around the world, women and girls are still denied them, often
simply because of their gender.

Winning rights for women is about more than giving opportunities to any individual woman or girl; it is
also about changing how countries and communities work. It involves changing laws and policies,
winning hearts and minds, and investing in strong women ’s organizations and movements.
Global Fund for Women exists to support the tireless and courageous eforts of women ’s groups who
work every day to win rights for women and girls. These groups are working to ensure women can own
property, vote, run for ofce, get paid fair wages, and live free from violence – including domestic
violence, sexual assault, and harmful practices such as female genital mutilation.
What rights do we stand for? We want every woman and girl to realize the rights that are enshrined in
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We also stand for other rights that are vital for women ’s
equality. We stand for a woman’s right to decide if and when she has children, and to have high-quality
health care that means she won’t die in pregnancy or during childbirth. We know female genital
mutilation is a violation of girls’ rights, and must be eliminated. And we stand for the right of every
woman to live equally and free from discrimination, no matter her sexuality or identity.
We support two critical documents for women ’s rights that have followed the UN declaration. The
Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), an international
bill of rights for women, requires governments to end gender discrimination and afrms women ’s rights
to health services, including family planning. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted in
1995 at the UN’s Fourth World Conference in Beijing, was a rallying cry to embed gender equality and
women’s rights in every facet of life.

Women’s rights and the Global Goals The UN Millennium Development Goals set specific
targets to reduce poverty, including targets for increased gender equality in education, work, and
representation. UN Women found that progress was uneven. Globally, more women are now in school
and work. Yet girls are still more likely than boys to be out of school (particularly at the secondary level).
And although the number of women in elected ofce has risen, they are still only 21.8 percent of
parliamentarians. What’s more, women’s rights remain at risk in many areas not addressed in the
millennium goals – from violence against women to sexual and reproductive rights. And women who are
already marginalized because of their race, caste, sexuality, income, or location see the fewest gains of
all.

The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) hold real promise to embed advances in women ’s rights,
and include a specific goal (Goal 5) for gender equality. Goal 5 is more broad-based than the last gender
goal and includes targets on ending gender based violence, eliminating child marriage and female genital
mutilation, and ensuring access to sexual and reproductive health. It also includes equal access to
education, expanding women’s.
Right from the founding of the United Nations, equality between men and women has been among the
most fundamental guarantees of human rights. Adopted in 1945, the Charter of the United Nations sets
out as one of its goals “to reafrm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the
human person, [and] in the equal rights of men and women ”. Furthermore, Article 1 of the Charter
stipulates that one of the purposes of the United Nations is to promote respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms “without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion ”. This prohibition of
discrimination based on sex is repeated in its Articles 13 (mandate of the General Assembly) and 55
(promotion of universal human rights). In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted.
It, too, proclaimed the equal entitlements of women and men to the rights contained in it, “without
distinction of any kind, such as ... sex, ….” In drafting the Declaration, there was considerable discussion
about the use
WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
of the term “all men” rather than a gender-neutral term.

The Declaration was eventually adopted using the terms “all human beings ” and “everyone ” in order to
leave no doubt that the Universal Declaration was intended for everyone, men and women alike.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS

After the adoption of the Universal Declaration, the Commission on Human Rights began drafting two
human rights treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Together with the Universal Declaration, these make
up the International Bill of Human Rights. The provisions of the two Covenants, as well as other human
rights treaties, are legally binding on the States that ratify or accede to them. States that ratify these
treaties periodically report to bodies of experts, which issue recommendations on the steps required to
meet the obligations laid out in the treaties. These treaty-monitoring bodies also provide authoritative
interpretations of the treaties and, if States have agreed, they also consider individual complaints of
alleged violations.2 Both Covenants use the same wording to prohibit discrimination based on, inter alia,
sex (art. 2), as well as to ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all rights
contained in them (art. 3). The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantees, among
other rights, the right to life, freedom from torture, freedom from slavery, the right to liberty and
security of the person, rights relating to due process in criminal and legal proceedings, equality before
the law, freedom of movement, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of association,
rights relating to family life and children, rights relating to citizenship and political participation, and
minority groups’ rights to their culture, religion and language. The International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights guarantees, for instance, the right to work, the right to form trade unions,
rights relating to marriage, maternity and child protection, the right to an adequate standard of living,
the right to health, the right to education, and rights relating to culture and science. In 1967, United
Nations Member States adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
which states that discrimination against women is an ofence against human dignity and calls on States
to “abolish existing laws, customs, regulations and practices which are discriminatory against women,
and to establish adequate legal protection for equal rights of men and women ”. Less than a year later a
proposal for a legally binding treaty on women ’s rights was made. The Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women was adopted by the General Assembly in 1979. Its preamble
explains that, despite the existence of other instruments, women still do not enjoy equal rights with
men. The Convention articulates the nature and meaning of sex-based discrimination, and lays out State
obligations to eliminate discrimination and achieve substantive equality. As with all human rights
treaties, only States incur obligations through ratification. However, the Convention articulates State
obligations to address not only discriminatory laws, but also practices and customs, and discrimination
against women by private actors. With these general principles as an overarching framework, the specific
obligations of States to eliminate discrimination against women in political, social, economic and cultural
fields are laid out in 16 substantive articles. The Convention covers both civil and political rights (rights to
vote, to participate in public life, to acquire, change or retain one ’s nationality, equality before the law
and freedom of movement) and economic, social and cultural rights (rights to education, work, health
and financial credit). The Convention also pays specific attention to particular phenomena such as
trafcking, to certain groups of women, for instance rural women, and to specific matters where there
are special risks to women’s full enjoyment of their human rights, for example marriage and the family.

WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS

The Convention defines discrimination in its article 1 as “… any distinction, exclusion or restriction made
on the basis of sex which has the efect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment
or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of
human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other
field.” Such discrimination encompasses any diference in treatment on the grounds of sex which: •
Intentionally or unintentionally disadvantages women; •Prevents society as a whole from recognizing
women’s rights in both the private and the public spheres; • Prevents women from exercising the human
rights and fundamental freedoms to which they are entitled. The Convention also specifies the diferent
ways in which State parties are to eliminate discrimination, such as through appropriate legislation
prohibiting discrimination, ensuring the legal protection of women ’s rights, refraining from
discriminatory actions, protecting women against discrimination by any person, organization or
enterprise, and modifying or abolishing discriminatory legislation, regulations and penal provisions. The
Convention foresees that achieving equality may require positive action on the part of the State to
improve the status of women. To accelerate women ’s actual equality in all spheres of life, States are
permitted to use temporary special measures for as long as inequalities continue to exist. The
Convention thus reaches beyond the narrow concept of formal equality and aims for equality of
opportunity and equality of outcome. Temporary special measures are both lawful and necessary to
achieve these goals. In principle, these measures should be removed once equal status has been
achieved. Importantly, the Convention adds new, substantive provisions to the other instruments which
also deal with equality and non-discrimination. Article 5 establishes that in addition to recognizing
women’s legal equality and promoting their de facto equality, States should also strive to eliminate the
social, cultural and traditional patterns that perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes and to create an
overall framework in society that promotes the realization of women ’s full rights. The Convention on the
Rights of the Child (art. 2) and the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families (art. 7) also prohibit discrimination based on sex. The Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (art. 6) recognizes the multiple discrimination that women with
disabilities are subjected to, and requires State parties to address this by taking “all appropriate
measures to ensure the full development, advancement and empowerment of women ” in the
enjoyment of their human rights. In its general recommendation No. 25 (2000) on gender-related
dimensions of racial discrimination, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which
oversees compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, also recognized the gender dimensions of racial discrimination and said it would
“endeavour in its work to take into account gender factors or issues which may be interlinked with racial
discrimination.” The Committee against Torture, which monitors the Convention against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, also regularly addresses issues of violence
against women and girls.
REGIONAL INSTRUMENTS
In addition to international human rights standards, regional human rights treaties, too, include crucial
provisions aimed at promoting and protecting women ’s human rights. Regional human rights treaties
also have oversight mechanisms to assess compliance with their provisions .

Economic opportunities, and reducing the burdens of unpaid care work on women and girls. Now it is up
to all of us to hold governments accountable for their commitments and make sure the goals are met.
Involving women – and funding the solutions of grass-roots women ’s groups – will be critical to success.
What does the future of women’s rights look like? The future of global women ’s rights is at stake. The
U.S. administration’s proposed cuts to foreign aid and stringent policies —from abortion and refugee
resettlement to climate change— pose a direct threat to the health, dignity, and well-being of women
and girls everywhere. We must reflect: Will women globally lose hard-won rights, or will the backlash
instead catalyze new wins?
This moment calls for energizing new eforts and focus on strengthening women ’s movements to help
lead the charge for social change on the most pressing issues of our time. Global Fund for Women is
committed to turning these challenges into opportunities for women to assert their leadership, action,
and voice. By 2020, Global Fund for Women will ensure that movements for women ’s rights are
powerful, influential, and achieving lasting gains. Now is the time to stand with the global women ’s
movement.
Global Fund for Women is working for a world
where every woman and girl can realize and enjoy her human rights.
Only when women and girls have full access to their rights – from equal pay and land ownership rights to
sexual rights, freedom from violence, access to education, and maternal health rights – will true equality
exist. Only when women have taken leadership and peacemaking roles and have an equal political voice
will economies and countries be transformed. And only then will all women and girls have the self-
determination they are entitled to.
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WOMEN RIGHT IN PRACTISE

Since women constitute half the world’s population and are entitled to all human rights on an equal
basis with men, this publication does not aim to cover every human rights issue which touches women ’s
lives. The focus here is on: public and political life, sexual and reproductive health and rights, the right to
an adequate standard of living, violence against women, migration, conflict and crisis, and access to
justice. Across all of these, education and the family context are particularly pertinent and are addressed
throughout. The right to education is recognized in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights (art. 13), the Convention on the Rights of the Child (art. 28), the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (art. 10) and the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (art. 24). Besides calling for non-discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to
education and free universal primary education, human rights law also requires States to address the
particular obstacles that girls and women face in accessing education, such as early marriages,
pregnancies, child labour and violence. The needs of girls sufering from
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multiple forms of discrimination—e.g., with disabilities, from poor or rural areas and belonging to
minority communities—should also be considered. Ensuring equality in education requires financial
resources as well as continued awareness-raising about the importance of girls ’ education. The right to
equality between men and women in marriage and family life is also recognized in various human rights
instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,
the Convention on the Nationality of Married Women, and the Convention on Consent to Marriage,
Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages. Women nevertheless lag behind men in the
enjoyment of rights related to the private sphere. In many countries, women are forced to enter
marriage, they do not enjoy the same rights with regard to guardianship and adoption, they are not
allowed to transfer their nationality to their children and husbands, and they do not have equal legal
capacity. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women requires State
parties to take “all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in all matters
relating to marriage and family relations” (art. 16). This includes ensuring the same right to enter into
marriage with free and full consent and to freely choose a spouse, the same rights and responsibilities
during marriage and its dissolution and with respect to their children, and the same personal rights as
husband and wife, such as the right to choose a family name, a profession and an occupation. Rights
related to access to property and sexual and reproductive health, which will be examined separately in
this chapter, are also covered by this provision. In its general recommendation No. 21 (1994) on equality
in marriage and family relations, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
called on States to resolutely discourage any notions of inequality of women and men in the private
sphere which are afrmed by law, religion or custom. The Committee also noted that States should
prohibit polygamous marriages as they contravene a woman ’s right to equality with men and can have
serious emotional and financial consequences for her and her dependants.

A WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN PUBLIC AND POLITICAL LIFE

Historically, women have been excluded from political life and decisionmaking processes. Women ’s
campaigns for participation in the public and political arena date back to the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries and continue today. At the time of the First World War, few parliamentary democracies
recognized women’s right to vote. In 1945, when the United Nations was established, more than half of
the 51 nations that ratified the Charter still did not allow women to vote or gave them only restricted
voting rights.23 According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, everyone has the right to take
part in the government of his or her country. One of the first tasks of the Commission on the Status of
Women was to write the 1952 Convention on the Political Rights of Women.24 The Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women builds on previous conventions and its article 7
concerns women’s access to decision-making in political and public life. Article 7 guarantees the right of
women to vote in all elections and public referendums and to be eligible for election to all publicly
elected bodies, the right to participate in the formulation of government policy and its implementation,
to hold public ofce and perform all public functions at all levels of government, and the right to
participate in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or associations concerned with the public and
political life of the country. Article 8 requires State parties to “take all appropriate measures to ensure to
women, on equal terms with men and without any discrimination, the opportunity to represent their
Governments at the international level and to participate in the work of international organizations. ”
Although women’s right to vote has been secured in nearly every country of the world, in practice, the
right to vote can sometimes be meaningless.
When other conditions make it virtually impossible or very difcult for both men and women to vote,
such as the absence of free and fair elections, violations of freedom of expression, or lack of security,
which tends to afect women disproportionally. In some countries, women cannot register to vote
because they are missing a birth certificate or identity papers that are issued only to men. Other
obstacles such as stereotyping and traditional perceptions of men ’s and women ’s roles in society, as well
as lack of access to relevant information and resources, also inhibit women ’s possibilities or willingness
to exercise their right to vote fully.25 Traditional working patterns of many political parties and
government structures continue to be barriers to women ’s participation in public life, and women may
be discouraged from seeking political ofce because of their double burden of work and the high cost of
seeking and holding public ofce, in addition to discriminatory attitudes and practices.26 Among the
countries that have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women few have a legal bar to the eligibility of women, yet women remain seriously underrepresented
at all levels of government.
CHAPTER FOUR: WHO ARE THE TALIBAN, THOSE MALALA FIGHT AGAINST IN PAKISTAN

The Taliban have also threatened to destabilise Pakistan, where they have controlled areas in the north-
west in recent years. Despite a major military ofensive against them since 2014, they continue to mount
frequent suicide bombings and other attacks across the country.
Many observers now believe that future peace in Afghanistan can only come if the government in Kabul
negotiates with the Taliban.
The announcement of Taliban plans to open an ofce in Qatar in June 2013 was seen as a positive step in
those negotiations, but mistrust on both sides remains high.
Despite this, talks between the Taliban and Afghan government ofcials took place for the first time in
July 2015.
In September 2015, the Afghan Taliban said they had put aside weeks of infighting and rallied around a
new leader in the form of Mullah Mansour, who had been the deputy of longstanding leader Mullah
Omar.
The previous month the Taliban admitted they had covered up Mullah Omar's death for more than two
years.
Mullah Mansour was killed in a US drone strike in May 2016 and replaced by his deputy Mawlawi
Hibatullah Akhundzada, a hardline religious scholar.
Austere rule
The Taliban emerged in the early 1990s in northern Pakistan following the withdrawal of Soviet troops
from Afghanistan.
A predominantly Pashtun movement, the Taliban came to prominence in Afghanistan in the autumn of
1994.
It is commonly believed that they first appeared in religious seminaries mostly paid for by money from
Saudi Arabia - which preached a hard line form of Sunni Islam.
The Taliban's promise - in Pashtun areas straddling Pakistan and Afghanistan was to restore peace and
security and enforce their own austere version of Sharia, or Islamic law, once in power.
In both countries they introduced or supported Islamic punishments - such as public executions of
convicted murderers and adulterers and amputations of those found guilty of theft.
Men were required to grow beards and women had to wear the all-coveringburka.
The Taliban banned television, music and cinema and disapproved of girls aged 10 and over from going
to school.
Pakistan has repeatedly denied that it was the architect of the Taliban enterprise.
But there is little doubt that many Afghans who initially joined the movement were educated in
madrassas (religious schools) in Pakistan.
Pakistan was also one of only three countries, along with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
(UAE), which recognised the Taliban when they were in power in Afghanistan from the mid-1990s until
2001.
It was also the last country to break diplomatic ties with the Taliban.
Although Pakistan has in recent years adopted a harder line against Taliban militants carrying out attacks
on its soil, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif - who was elected in May 2013 - has said talking to the militants
is one of his priorities.
At least three key leaders of the Pakistani Taliban were killed in US drone strikes in 2013. Mullah Nazir
was killed in January and Waliur Rehman was killed in May.
In November 2013, the group's leader in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed in a drone strike.
But despite these setbacks for the militants, there is evidence that their influence in Karachi has
significantly increased.
What is arguably one of the most internationally criticised of all Pakistani Taliban attacks took place in
October 2012, when schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai was attacked on her way home in the town of Mingora.

Al-Qaeda 'sanctuary'
The attention of the world was drawn to the Taliban in Afghanistan following the attacks on the World
Trade Centre in September 2001.
The Taliban in Afghanistan were accused of providing a sanctuary to Osama Bin Laden and the al-Qaeda
movement who were blamed for the attacks.
THE TALIBAN
Emerged in Afghanistan in 1994
Mainly supported by ethnic Pashtuns
Toppled after US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001
Fugitive leader Mullah Omar wanted, whereabouts unknown
Soon after 9/11 the Taliban were driven from power in Afghanistan by a US-led coalition, although their
leader Mullah Mohammad Omar was not captured.
In recent years the Taliban re-emerged in Afghanistan and grew far stronger in Pakistan, where observers
say there is loose co-ordination between diferent Taliban factions and militant groups.
The main Pakistani faction was led by Hakimullah Mehsud until his death. His Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan
(TTP) is blamed for dozens of suicide bombings and other attacks.
Observers warn against over-stating the existence of one unified insurgency against the Pakistani state,
however.
For years the Taliban in Afghanistan were led by Mullah Omar, a village clergyman who lost his right eye
fighting the occupying forces of the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
Afghans, weary of the mujahideen's excesses and infighting after the Soviets were driven out, generally
welcomed the Taliban when they first appeared on the scene.
Their early popularity was largely due to their success in stamping out corruption, curbing lawlessness
and making the roads and the areas under their control safe for commerce to flourish.

THE U.S ONSLAUGHT

From south-western Afghanistan, the Taliban quickly extended their influence.
They captured the province of Herat, bordering Iran, in September 1995.
Exactly one year later, they captured the Afghan capital, Kabul, after overthrowing the regime of
President Burhanuddin Rabbani and his defence minister, Ahmed Shah Masood.
By 1998, they were in control of almost 90% of Afghanistan.
They were accused of various human rights and cultural abuses. One notorious example was in 2001,
when the Taliban went ahead with the destruction of the famous Bamiyan Buddha statues in central
Afghanistan, despite international outrage.
On October 7, 2001, a US-led military coalition invaded Afghanistan and by the first week of December
the Taliban regime had collapsed.
Mullah Omar and his comrades evaded capture despite one of the largest manhunts in the world.
Many senior Taliban leaders take refuge in the Pakistani city of Quetta, from
where they guide the Taliban, analysts say.
But the existence of what is dubbed the "Quetta Shura" is denied by Islamabad, even though there is
much evidence to the contrary.
Despite ever higher numbers of foreign troops, the Taliban have steadily extended their influence,
rendering vast tracts of Afghanistan insecure, and violence in the country has returned to levels not seen
since 2001. Their retreat in the years after 2001 enabled them to limit their human and material losses
and return with a vengeance.
There have been numerous Taliban attacks on Kabul in recent years and, in September 2012, the group
carried out a high-profile raid on Nato's Camp Bastion base.
In the same month the US military handed control of the controversial Bagram prison - housing more
than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects - to the Afghan authorities.
In September 2015 the Taliban seized control of a provincial capital for the first time since their defeat in
2001, taking control of the strategically important city of Kunduz.
The US is keeping close to 10,000 troops in Afghanistan, but the Taliban finds itself an increasingly
splintered organisation - that is also threatened by the rise of the so-called Islamic State militant group in
Afghanistan.
This are the people malala fought against, may be you may be thinking that fighting is all about using
weapons, no I disagree with that , because the world biggest fight is on pen and paper. If malala could do
it just at that very young age ,you too need to be involved, because that will be the best thing you ever
gave to humanity and to all females all over the wolrd, every where you are, know that they are Taliba in
that area, a Taliba may not be the one malala face in Pakistan, a Taliba may even be your parents,
aunts,boss, your, sister or brother, because whosoever speak against education that the female should
not go to school, that person eventually is a Taliba, one thing I get to understand about the Taliba is,
they are all uneducated , because a person who is educated should know that education is for all, the
love for education should be in everyones mind, the girl child needs educatioon just like the boy child
with no discrimination of gender.
If you do not allow your female child to attend school , you are a Taliba, if you speak against education
for the girls ,you are a Taliba, if you stop your girl child from schooling, you are presume to be a Taliba, if
you are a woman out there and you are not speaking for the right of education to all females. That
means you are under the pressure of the Taliba, if you are a woman who do not care to join the fight for
equal education, that means, malala was stupid and you are a woman with no dignity, so you need to be
the malala of your country, of your state and of your local areas . if you don’t start talking nobody will
join you, start talking you will surely get support, the true is that you are second malala, forget about
fear, it has nothing on you, support the fight for gender equality for education .every female is malala.
Well the next chapter I will give you reasons why you should stand up for what is right , why you should
campaign for gender equality in education.
CHAPTER FIVE: REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD STAND UP OR SUPPORT GENDER EQUALILY IN EDUCATION,
FOR WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

In its annual State of the World's Children report, UNICEF says 121 million children worldwide do not
attend school -- 9 million more girls than boys. The report says an estimated 65 million girls are being
denied basic education, increasing the likelihood they will live in poverty or die young.
UNICEF says that, in the absence of accelerated action to get more girls into school over the next two
years, global goals to diminish poverty and improve living standards in the developing
world will "simply not be reached."
UNICEF executive director Carol Bellamy said today that international eforts have been, as she put it,
"glaringly inadequate at getting girls into school in too many countries." Bellamy warned that gender
discrimination is hampering development eforts throughout the world.
that educating girls is one of the most effective tools for improving the economies and raising the
productivity of developing countries.
"We based our surveys on the following statement -- that education is not only a matter of knowing to
write and read or count, but is also a matter of better educating your own children afterwards and to
protect them from all kinds of things, such as HIV/AIDS or prevent [them from catching] diseases and so
on. If you invest in sending a girl to school, then you will be sure that this investment will pay [of],
because this girl will tend to be [a] mother, and this mother will be able to educate her children and
therefore the whole family much better," Personnaz said.
The UNICEF study says that each extra year of maternal education reduces the mortality rate for children
under the age of five by between 5 and 10 percent.
The report says that in most industrialized states, there is what it calls a "reverse gender gap," where
boys drop out of school or get lower grades than girls. But in large parts of Asia and especially in sub-
Saharan Africa, the situation is reversed, with some 24 million girls failing to go to school last year -- that
is, 4 million more than in 1990.
The report says this partially reflects a sharp drop in foreign aid. that donor countries weren't interested
in putting money into education in developing countries because of the lack of immediately visible
results.
"What we've been trying to do is to explain that if you invest in education, it is actually much better
value because it's part of the social setup which actually goes together with the economic factors. You
cannot dissociate the economic growth from the social growth, and education is one of the main
components of the social growth. That's what we keep telling donor countries. I think this trend has
changed since 2001. Donor countries are also now tending [to change] or are changing their priorities
into giving a little more money for education. But there's much more to be done," Personnaz said.
The UNICEF study says that throughout the 1990s, aid flows to developing countries declined, despite
promises for extrafunding and a 1996 pledge to ensure universal primary education .
The UNICEF study says country-to-country aid to education in 2000 was $3.5 billion, which represented a
30 percent drop compared with a decade earlier.
The report advocates universal free basic education. It says that when families in developing countries
must pay for their children's education, boys usually get preference or -- worse -children are not sent to
school at all.

"The most obvious barrier is poverty. If you have a family in a poor country, in a poor community, which
has four or five children, they will always focus on sending the boys first [to school] and the girls
afterwards, because the girls are seen as being able to help the mothers, being able to help [with] the
younger brothers, and they are also seen as being much better [of] because of the early marriage
business. This is very true in South Asia."
But Personnaz says the most difficult obstacle in many parts of Asia and Africa remains religious
prejudice.

"There are a lot of religious leaders who do not think that to send a girl to school is a big priority. This is
actually the most difficult barrier to overcome, and we've been doing so in working with the
communities involved in many countries in South Asia, in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa, and
we've just proven that to send a girl [to school] is not going against the religious beliefs, but [on the
contrary], we'll have a much better outcome in the well-being of the family, of the community, and
therefore the whole society," Personnaz said.

The UN's 2000 "millennium goals" to reduce poverty commit the international community to achieving
parity for boys and girls in primary education . However, most experts acknowledge that this goal is
unlikely to be met.
But one success story the UNICEF report highlights is Afghanistan. During the rule of the Taliban regime,
girls were banned from going to school, and women were not allowed to work. Since the fall of the
Taliban in late 2001, and with the help of the international community, conditions have radically
changed.
there are 4.2 million children currently in schools throughout Afghanistan, of whom one-third are girls.
Sapra says the situation is better now than in pre-Taliban times.

"This proportion of boys and girls in school is bigger and better than what it was even before the Taliban
times. So, the important thing to remember is that in 18 months, the government of Afghanistan and the
Ministry of Education have been able -with the support from the international community -- to eliminate
the disparity between boys and girls that was created by the Taliban. We also have more children in
school now than there were at any given time, and between last year and this year, more than 360,000
more girls entered into the primary school system," Sapra said.

Sapra says it is promising that the increase was seen in all of Afghanistan's provinces. He also points out
that there is growing community support for Afghan girls and women who want to study and work.
"When we look at the urban areas and the ratio of schoolteachers -- men and women -- 55 percent of
the schoolteachers in the urban areas in primary schools are women. It's in the rural areas where about
70 percent are men and 25 to 30 percent are women. It is clearly visible, when you are in Afghanistan,
that more and more women are going to work and more and more women are joining the workforce.
There are instances where people with extreme points of view have threatened women or girls not to go
to school. But in all these cases, what is interesting is that the community has supported the women and
girls, and helped them continue into the new age."
But UNICEF's Sharad Sapra says that, despite what he calls "a tremendous change," there is still much
work to be done in Afghanistan.

There are still reasons why you are needed in this fight , let me explain to you , apart from this
statictics I just gave to you from the unicef , well they are still reasons why girls do not go to schools .
 1. Early marriage Pakistan has made new eforts to crack down on child marriage Too often marriage is
seen as a higher priority than education. The low value attached to girls ’ schooling means few other
options are available to them.

Boys can be afected but most victims of child marriage are girls. It is estimated that every year 15
million girls are married before they turn 18. After their wedding they leave the education system and,
because they have fewer educational skills, they and their families are more likely to live in
poverty.There are child marriages in every part of the world, including Europe and north America. But
the highest rates of girls under 18 getting married are in Niger (76%), Central African Republic and Chad
(both 68%) this issues of early marriage is very bad it is everywhere, mostly in Africa, I do not know
why someone that is not up to 18 years old should be giving out for marriage . in fact in Africa there is
no marriage again, the true is most female children are loose and lack the principle and dignity of
womanhood. Some do not get married they just get pregenant, many people that are is Africa
exspecially the women, most of them , not all are in marital homes , with no valid marriage certificate
they are just girlfriend with children to a man , even in the united states , it is because of this that
problems of domestic violences is outrageous .

2. Pregnancy

One million girls under 15 give birth each year ,In many parts of the world, girls who are pregnant -
regardless of their circumstances - will be excluded from school. Many do not return after giving birth
due to those rules, stigma, fees, lack of childcare and the unavailability of flexible school programmes.

About 16 million girls aged 15 to 19 and some one million girls under 15 give birth every year —most in
low- and middle-income countries, according to the World Health Organization. This issue has become
the order of the day the world right now is getting more single moms than before, and the world leaders
are not taken it seriuosly , they don’t care of what will become of the future of this wolrd .
Africa,Asia,Europe,North America,South America, and so on they is high rate of single mothers and high
rate pregnacy , and nobody want to campaign against it, I will say getting pregnant at a very young state
has become a way of life for many people in this world , right from governmental ofcials, celebritries
and more. If the world really want a change , the world must fight address the celebrities and their way
of life ,including young girls.

3. Violence at school

Girls face bullying and harassment at school,Not only is this a violation of their human rights, it is also
one of the most common causes for girls to drop out of school. An estimated 246 million girls are
harassed and abused on their way to and at school every year - with girls particularly vulnerable. In
Africa, half of all children said they had been bullied at school. 18 million girls aged 15 to 19 are victims
of sexual violence - often leading to school dropout and reinforcing cultural practices such as early
marriage. And you think is funny , people are not taken the principle or joy of womanhood seriously,
they play over it , we must learn that women are essential, so also the males are essential , if we can deal
with it then you as a woman your voice can count , your voice can make a change.
4. Lack of funding

Too many girls are being left behind because funding is targeted to boys' education ,Funding is an
important issue when looking at reasons why girls aren ’t in school. Education for girls is often the lowest
budget priority in many countries. Daughters are perceived to be less valuable once educated, and less
likely to abide by the will of the father, brother or husband. Often male siblings will be given the chance
to attend school instead. But educating girls and young women increases a country's productivity and
contributes to economic growth. Some countries lose more than $1 billion a year by failing to educate
girls to the same level as boys.because I want to tell you a story , if you think women are not oppress,
they was a woman in africa, her father had them like eight children, but the father only sponsor , the
boys , on the grounds that female educations ends in the kitchen, he eventually stop the girls from going
to school , but this particaular girl, did not agree , she continue going to school by sponsoring her self , as
God will do it she started playing local football but someone pick her up bought her , a college form and
ask her to go to school, she train herself without her father assistance, still she graduated from the
school, the problem was not that the father did not had the money to sponsor her in school the
problem was the father had the money but did not want to waste his money, that was her father
thinking, well iam glad she graduted from school and right now she Has succeful practice as a vertinary
doctor. This woman am talk abaout is my mother, I mean my biological mother. I want you all out there
to put up yourself together, because you can do it without anyones help or assistances.

5. Child/domestic labour

Millions of girls spend every day working to help feed themselves and their families,Girls often stay
home to take care of younger siblings and bear the main burden of housework. While educating a boy is
considered a sound investment, it is sometimes considered to be a waste of time for girls.

Many girls begin working as early as five years old - mainly in agriculture or in homes as domestic
servants. Child domestic workers are particularly vulnerable to trafcking, forced labour, sexual violence
and many health issues. There are more than 168 million child labourers - 11% of all children in the
world - who are working instead of learning. There are significantly more girls than boys working in
service industries. And this is not right the wolrd needs you to speak against this.

6. Dangerous journeys

The walk to school can be dangerous or intimidating, Most parents are unwilling to allow their daughters
to walk long distances to school or take routes that could be dangerous.

During violent conflicts, girls are deliberately targeted by armed groups and government forces. They
often sufer sexual violence, abduction, intimidation and harassment. A study in India in 2016 found that
half of all girls were sexually harassed on their way to school - including being leered at, pinched or
groped.so many female children are involved in this everyday of their life, they risk their lifes every
blessed day.

7. Poor sanitation
Too many schools don't have separate toilets and washrooms for girls In many parts of the world it ’s not
as easy as raising your hand and asking to go to the toilet. Many girls - particularly adolescents who are
menstruating - don't go to school because of a lack of privacy, unavailability of sanitary disposal facilities
and water shortages.

In parts of sub-Saharan Africa and other regions, girls can miss out on up to five days of school per
month or stop going to school entirely because of insufcient access to water and hygiene facilities, no
separate toilets for girls and a lack of sanitary supplies. Many girls also worry about sexual advances
from boys in mixed toilets.

8. Too few female teachers

Female teachers can be an encouragement for girls to attend school . The lack of female teachers in
some countries can make school a daunting experience for girls. The presence of more women would
provide a girl-friendly environment that would put young girls at ease. In the United States, about three-
quarters of school teachers are female. But in African countries such as Liberia and the Central African
Republic only about one in five primary teachers are women.

Part of the reason for that is the lower number of girls completing primary school, let alone secondary -
leaving a small pool of female candidates.

9. They live in war zones

Conflict leaves millions of girls out of school ,The long-term efects of growing up in a conflict zone are
devastating and UNICEF estimates that 48.5 million children worldwide are missing school because of
wars and conflicts. Girls living in conflict-afected countries are 90% more likely to be out of secondary
school than those living in peace.

Attacks on girls' schools also mean many parents are afraid to send their daughters to school. Like in
Africa , Nigeria as a country has lost many female children who were adducted by some islamic set,
called the boko haram, what rubbish, the children some has been recuse, many are still captive, even
some were pregnant, so tell me how will a girl child hearing or reading that kind of news will like to go
to school.

10. Disabilities

Girls with disabilities are marginalised in many countries Girls with disabilities face discrimination both
because of their gender and their disability, making them among the most marginalised groups of
children.

Respondents to the World Health Survey 2002-2004 indicated that 41.7% of girls with a disability
completed primary school compared to 52.9% for those without a disability. Disabled girls are almost
"invisible" in existing education programmes in many parts of the world, according to the charity
Leonard Cheshire Disability.
11 . Their countries are poor

Poorer countries can be in a cycle of poverty and lack of education,Some of the poorest countries in the
world struggle to finance an education system for all their children. But evidence shows that if we invest
more in education, poverty is reduced at a faster rate, there are long-term health benefits and greater
gender equality.

An educated female population also increases a country's productivity and fuels economic growth. Some
countries lose more than $1 billion a year by failing to educate girls to the same level as boys.

12. Natural disasters

Earthquakes, floods and other disasters can devastate education opportunities ,Unforeseen events such
as earthquakes, floods and disease can derail education for millions of girls.

In humanitarian emergencies, including natural disasters, increased poverty for families and lack of
employment opportunities means girls are at higher risk of early marriage or ending up in prostitution.

Even if schools are still standing, families whose livelihoods have been destroyed may no longer be able
to aford to send their daughters to school.

13. Because they are women

Just being a girl is often enough to deny education .Often, girls are marginalised and are out of school
simply because they are girls and it is not the cultural norm. Their chances of getting a quality education
are even smaller if they come from a poor family, live in a rural area or have a disability.

Girls are four times more likely to be out of school than boys from the same background. The poorest
girls also have the least likelihood of completing primary school.There are often legal, religious and
traditional practices that discriminate against girls having the chance to get an education.

This are the factors or reason why you need to stand up for the fight against inequality in education ,
the world needs you, your fellow women needs you , well when I refer to women this include you as far
as you are a female you are a woman. Support equality education for the women. It is very bad if you
do not join this fight .
CHAPTER SIX: REASON WHY YOU AS A WOMAN NEED TO STILL FIGHT FOR GENDER EQUALITY

1. Women weren’t even people, legally speaking A British court once actually had to declare that women
counted as ‘persons’ in order for them to receive the same treatment as men.

In 1929, a woman named Emily Murphy applied for a position in the Canadian Senate (a house of the
Canadian Parliament). She was refused because women were not at the time considered ‘persons ’ under
section 24 of the British North America Act 1867. This understanding was based on a British ruling from
1876 which stated that women were 'eligible for pains and penalties, but not rights and privileges'. Emily
Murphy took her case to the Privy Council, the court of last resort in the British Empire.

The judges declared that women were ‘persons ’ who could sit in the Canadian Senate. One of the judges,
Lord Sankey, said: 'to those who ask why the word “person ” should include females, the obvious answer
is why should it not?'

2. Married women were the same legal person as their husband In 1765, a famous legal commentator,
Sir William Blackstone, wrote that after marriage, the 'very being or legal existence of the woman is …
incorporated and consolidated into that of her husband'. In other words, a married woman did not,
legally speaking, exist separately from her husband.

When a woman married, all of her property was automatically placed under the control of her husband.
In 1870, an Act of Parliament allowed married women to keep money they earned and to inherit certain
property. In 1882, this was extended to allow wives a right to own, buy and sell property in their own
right. In 1893 married women were granted control of any property they acquired during marriage.

Our enjoyment of property is recognised as a human right, subject to certain limitations, under Article 1,
Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

3. Women had to fight really hard for the right to vote Before 1918, women were not allowed to vote in
parliamentary elections. This meant that they had no say in choosing the people who made law, and
those law-makers had no political incentive to care about women, since they did not need to win their
votes.

In the early 20th century, activist groups campaigned for women ’s right to vote ( ‘sufrage ’). One such
group was the sufragettes. The term ‘sufragette’ was first used by the Daily Mail in 1906. It was
intended as a derogatory name for an activist group run by Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters. In
1913, sufragette Emily Wilding Davison was fatally injured after she ran up to the King ’s horse, racing at
the Epsom Derby.

In 1918, the Representation of the People Act first gave women over age 30 the right to vote if they or
their husband met a property qualification. The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act also allowed
women to stand for election as Members of Parliament. In took until 1928 (the Equal Franchise Act) for
all women in Britain to gain equal voting rights with men.
The right to vote and stand for election are recognised as human rights under Article 3, Protocol 1 of the
European Convention on Human Rights.

4. Women still don’t have access to education In 1878, the University of London became the first
university in the UK to open its degrees to women. In 1880, four women became the first to obtain
degrees when they were awarded Bachelors of Arts by the University. Nowadays, millions of women and
girls around the world are still systematically excluded from even basic education.

The right to access educational institutions without discrimination is a human right under Article 2,
Protocol 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

5. Women had to fight to access their children and plan their families

Before 1839, mothers had no rights at all in relation to their children if their marriage broke down. In
1836, Caroline Norton left her husband, George, who had been abusive towards her. After the
separation, George refused Caroline access to their sons. After much campaigning, an Act of Parliament
was passed in 1839 giving mothers the right to ask for custody of their children.

In the late 20th century, woman gained greater control over whether or not to have children. Initially, it
was a criminal ofence in the UK to perform an abortion or to try and self-abort . This led to a high
number of unsafe back-street abortions – a major cause of pregnancy-related deaths. To address this,
Parliament passed the Abortion Act 1967 to permit abortions under medical supervision and subject to
certain criteria. In 1974, contraception also became freely available to all women irrespective of marital
status through the NHS.

The right to respect for family life and bodily integrity are protected under Article 8 of the European
Convention on Human Rights. The European Court recently ruled that women in Ireland do not have
sufcient access to abortion facilities.

6. Women need legal protection from violence, including in the home In 1878, the law first said that a
woman could obtain an order allowing her to separate from her husband if her husband subjected her to
violence. In 1976, an Act of Parliament allowed women in danger of domestic violence to obtain the
court’s protection from their violent partner.

It used to be thought that a husband could not rape his wife. But in 1991, rape in marriage was, for the
first time, declared a crime. In a court case called R v R, a husband was convicted of attempted rape. He
appealed, arguing that, when a woman gets married, she impliedly consents to having sex. The court
rejected this, saying implied consent was a 'fiction' which 'has no useful purpose today in the law'. The
case has been used by the European Court of Human Rights to justify gradual, progressive changes in the
common law.

Nowadays, female genital mutilation (‘FGM’) is a major issue

worldwide, including in the UK. FGM is the dangerous practice of causing injury to the female genital
organs for non-medical reasons. It is typically done for cultural reasons and is prevalent in Africa, the
Middle East and Asia. It is estimated that FGM afects 137,000 women in the UK. The practice is illegal in
the UK under the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. It is also now illegal to arrange for a child to be
taken abroad for FGM.

7. Women (still) struggle to achieve equality in the workplace In 1968, women at the Ford car factory in
Dagenham took part in a strike for equal pay, almost stopping production at all Ford UK plants. Their
protest led to the passing of the Equal Pay Act 1970, though they had to wait until 1983 (the Equal Pay
(Amendment) Regulations) for a legal entitlement to equal pay for work of equal value.

The Equality Act 2010 consolidated the law protecting women from discrimination on the grounds of sex
or maternity in the workplace. In 2016, the government published a consultation on proposals for a law
to require certain companies in England, Scotland and Wales to publish gender pay gap statistics.

Protection from discrimination is a human right under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human
Rights.

So, how far have we still got to go for equality? In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly declared
International Women’s Day an annual event. In 2015, the Word Economic Forum predicted that global
gender parity (that is, equality) would, at the current rate of progress, not be achieved until 2133: 117
years from now. Many women’s rights have been hard won over a centuries-long struggle for equality.
Do we have to wait another century before we can finally say women are equal.

This is what many women are facing and you need to join to make this stand for ever. See in this
universe you have a part to play , “uni” means one and “verse ” means song , so you have a part to play
in this song and the song is equal education for all , equal pay. Do you know in many countries some
women are given the water of their dead husbands to drink, do not be surrprise , a study was done in
Nigeria and it show that is a culture or way of life of a tride, this is totally a downplay on the dignity of
womanhood and also leagally it is sucide in the making, how can you give a deadbody water to a human
being that is still alive to drink. And you say is is cultural, for me in my opinion that is evil and it is bad .

Well all said are not enough am no trying to get you motivated , am telling you, that as a woman you
need to stand up for what is your and right.
CHAPTER SEVEN: FACT ABOUT GENDER EQUALITY, YOU NEED TO KNOW.

Women spend up to 5 more hours on unpaid domestic work than men each day, I will say the greatess
profession of all is the work of a mother, and if the wolrd can not appreciate that, then the world is still
not yet developed.

Women earn the majority of bachelor’s degrees, but only a fraction of computer science degrees. Am my
right yes I am. testing data show that girls and boys in the United States and around the world perform
at comparable levels in math and science, female students are much less likely to graduate from college
with a STEM degree than their male counterparts.

200 million fewer women than men have access to the Internet worldwide,With increased access to
technology, women can advance their economic participation, digital citizenship, access to jobs and
health care, and more. When women in the developing world get online, 30 percent use the connection
to earn additional income, 45 percent use it to search for jobs, and 80 percent use it to improve their
education. And you think that is right, no it is very wrong. Speak against it.

Women in most countries face legal barriers that restrict Female entrepreneurs that are on the rise.
Particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, women are making large contributions to the surge
of entrepreneurial activity in their countries. However, as Women continue to face restrictions on the
types of work they can do, their ability to own property, and the age they can retire. Recent data from
the World Bank show that legal gender differences are widespread; 155 of the 173 economies reviewed
have at least one law impeding women’s economic opportunities.

The U.S. is one of nine countries worldwide that doesn ’t provide for paid maternity leave, yes it is true ,
the government are not interested in the afairs of the women.
CHAPTER EIGHT: THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION , BETWEEN EQUALITY AND SUPREMACY.

There is one thing I came to understand , most people are afariad that the women , if have equal;ity
with the male will becomew supreme over the male, but I disagree with that, been equal dose not mean
supremacy, it is only an uneducated person will think that, and if you have been a carried of this in your
heart or as a massage stop it.

What you need to understand about equality, equality means respect , respect for our gender and
colors, equality is about, dignity observation, priority ,equality also means been the same . that what
equality means , we all know no one can be the same with another, the ’ thesame am talking about, is
about taking every one to be special.

While supremacy means, power, superiority , high rate, but equality got nothing to do with supremacy ,
do you know that you can still be supremy and still equal, yes you can , what I understand is that the
wome are asking for equality, that respect and not supremacy, because right from the form of man or
creation, God almighty has giving man , supremacy over everything on earth, and aslo give equality to
all, equality deals with standard, so if are think that equality means supremacy it is a big lie , equality is
not supremacy, the love for mankind made God to make us the humans equal to ourselves , and that
equality God gave us, is that we should respect our selves in every shpere of human enterprise, not
sacrificing moral values on the alter of personal aggrandizement , if the world want to progress then the
world must first carry every one along, the world should not downplay with the roles of women in this
life, the women deserve al equality they need just as the male , buit that does not mean the female are
supreme over the male , it means everyone respect each other diferences , if the wolrd do not start
addressing this issues of lack of equality in education the world can never mover freely forward.
Education is some

Thing every one must have access to , and if you are a woman ut there, start speaking for your right do
not be silent on issues that matters , the girl child needs education, I know the government are trying , I
know international organisation are trying , but yet put more efort give education your best shot, I will
continue to stand up for what is right foir every woman desever to be educated, I am in fully support for
equal education to all, we should stop keep silent on issues that matters, the wolrd needs you , become
the malala of your country, malala after the attack had two chioce , first to stop speaking against
inequality and second to continue but you know what , she choose to continue , I think you are not left
out , join malala today, by standing up for equal education for girls, equal pay for the women, equality in
political ofces and more. If you can not talk, join , if you can not join , walk with them, if can not walk
with them then follow them , see anything you can do that will shows that you are in support for
equality to women do it , the universe got your back, God is with you. Because the fight you are fighting
is a just one, that why malala even when shot in the head did not die.

So if you are doubting me go check the dictionary about equality and supremacy, well also like malala
father will say , the TALIBAN are afriad of pen, yes I agree because, they are uneducated and they feel if
the women are educated the women may become supreme over them so they have no chioce than to
stop the women from going to school. Simple put the taliban are afriad of women.
CHAPTER NINE: HOW TO STRAT YOU CAMPANGE AGAINST INEQUALITY.

1. Start campaignes in schools

2. Do seminars

3. Write articles and books

4. Support the organisation that stand up for human right, with funds

5. Stand up for it , standing up for it means be brave enough to speak of it anywhere, anytime.

For I know if the women of this generation fight together there will be equality for all, but if you
keep silent ,that simple means that you are okay with what is happen arround you, like I said
become the malala of your country.