Ziauddin Yousafza is known now for being Malala’s father, but he was a bold and courageous education campaigner long before Malala was even born. He founded and led a low cost private school in the Swat valley in Pakistan and was a leader and an advocate for girls’ education in his community for many years before Malala’s attack. In this episode, we discuss the influence of having five sisters who were not afforded the same education as him, his passion for learning and the resistance he faced running a school that prioritised educating girls, and his thoughts on the Taliban’s current ban on female education in Afghanistan.  

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