Ep 169: A teenage girl is shot in the face on her ride home from school. But her miraculous survival and tenacity for life would lead her to become the youngest noble peace prize recipient for her global advocacy work.
This is the Malala Yousafzai story.
Action Items
Malala.org- Malala fund is working for a world where every girl can learn and lead- her and her father founded and together run the org. Malala Fund invests in education advocates and activists who are challenging the policies and practices that prevent girls from going to school in their communities. Works in regions where the most girls miss out on secondary education everything from supporting STEM education for young women in Pakistan to creating safe learning spaces for girls in northern Nigeria
Sources for Today's Episode:
- The Book: I am Malala: How one girl stood up for education and changed the world
- BBC news
- NYTimes
- Reuters
- Democracy now
- Al Jazeera
- The Guardian
- National Geographic
- The Express Tribune
- British Vogue
- Biography.com
- Time
- Huffington Post
- The New Yorker
- The Christian Science Monitor
- The Daily Telegraph
- UN News Service
- CNN
- The Nation
- NPR
Credits:
- Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks
- Produced by James Varga
- Audio Editor, Jose Alfonzo
- Script Editor, Abagail Belcastro
- Music by Dessert Media
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