The Teen Who Won a Noble Prize

What has Malala Yousafzai fought for from a young age?

• clean water for everyone

• an end to world hunger

• religious tolerance

• girls’ education

Malala was targeted by the Taliban because she was fighting for girls’ education. What effect did the Taliban attack have on Malala’s dedication to education issues?

• The attack scared her so badly that for many years she did not publicly admit what had happened to her.

• The attack made her switch her focus from education for women to gun safety laws around the world.

• The attack made her more fiercely committed to speaking out about education for women.

• The attack made her reconsider her focus on education, but ultimately, after many years, she returned to the issue.

Read these sentences from the text.

“On her sixteenth birthday in 2013, Malala gave a speech at the United Nations focusing on education and women’s rights. Calling on world leaders to act, she reminded people that if half the world is uneducated, everyone loses.”

What conclusion can you draw about what Malala probably believes in based on this information?

• She probably believes that the most important issue throughout the world right now is pollution and air quality.

• She probably believes that educating girls and women and making sure they have equal rights is a good thing for everyone.

• She probably believes that world leaders are too stubborn to listen to what anyone else says about important issues.

• She probably believes that woman’s rights are not very important but should still be talked about.

What is one thing that Malala has done to work towards her goal of ensuring that girls get educated around the world?

• She moved back to Pakistan and became a teacher.

• She convinced England to change its entire school system.

• She opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon.

• She created a scholarship at Oxford for girls to attend.

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