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My wish: In the fight for women's rights, we should 'remember that courage is
stronger than fear'
Malala Yousafzai, winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize and co-founder of
Malala Fund, a global girls' education charity
Education equality is an ambitious goal. Especially now, when women's rights
are worsening around the world. Iranian women are protesting for the right to
make their own choices. Taliban leaders in Afghanistan instituted a nationwide
ban on girls' education. Discouraging as these realities may be, my wish is for
people to remember that courage is stronger than fear.
Young women in every country are working to defy misogyny and demonstrate their
power. They know solutions to our world's biggest problems are locked up with
their access to education and opportunity. They also know there are feasible
plans to get all girls learning — like increasing government funding for
education, developing inclusive curriculums and implementing more equal
policies and laws. To get leaders to prioritize these plans, we need to amplify
girls' demands on a global scale. We need individuals, movements and companies
across every expertise to speak up, take actions that advance gender equality
and pressure leaders to do the same.
Women and girls continue to muster their strength amidst even the greatest of
challenges because they know it isn't enough to hope for a better future, we
need to fight for it."
Via Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
