"Ladies and gentlemen, this plight of millions of women could be changed if we think differently, if women and men think differently, if men and women in the tribal and patriarchal societies in the developing countries, if they can break a few norms of family and society, if they can abolish the discriminatory laws of the systems in their states, which go against the basic human rights of the women."
" Enrollment in a school means recognition of her identity and her name. Admission in a school means that she has entered the world of dreams and aspirations where she can explore her potentials for her future life."
"People ask me, what special is in my mentorship which has made Malala so bold and so courageous and so vocal and poised? I tell them, don't ask me what I did. Ask me what I did not do. I did not clip her wings, and that's all."
- Ziauddin Yousafzai
These three quotes are from a TED talk by Malala's father, Ziauddin Yousafzai. Malala is a teenage girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for corresponding with BBC about the state of girls rights in Pakistan, and miraculously survived. He was speaking about how important it is for a girl to get an education, about how both he and his daughter risked their lives daily just to fight for this basic right. He is saying that global crisis' could be solved by merely letting girls into school in underdeveloped countries. In the second quote he talks about what it means to a girl to be admitted into school. It changes their world. However, I think third quote is the most powerful. He is not taking credit for what Malala has done, but credited her education. The fact that he did not "clip her wings" opened up a world of possibilities for her future, and she's already doing amazing things with it.
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