1 00:00:00,390 --> 00:00:03,460 Women have the same rights as men. 2 00:00:03,870 --> 00:00:07,247 If a man can go to school, if a boy can go to school, why can't a girl? 3 00:00:07,381 --> 00:00:09,141 [Malala Yousafzai] 4 00:00:09,738 --> 00:00:11,998 [The Girls' hero Woman of the year, 2013] 5 00:00:12,410 --> 00:00:13,780 If I don't go to school 6 00:00:13,780 --> 00:00:17,530 then I would be obeying my brother and my father, 7 00:00:17,530 --> 00:00:19,340 I would be washing clothes every day, 8 00:00:19,340 --> 00:00:20,558 and then I would marry, 9 00:00:20,558 --> 00:00:22,518 then I would be taking care of children, 10 00:00:22,518 --> 00:00:24,030 and my life would finish. 11 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,499 Those people who stop us from getting education, 12 00:00:28,509 --> 00:00:31,740 they are afraid of educated and powerful women. 13 00:00:34,220 --> 00:00:36,340 There was a correspondent of BBC, 14 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,060 and he asked my father, 15 00:00:38,060 --> 00:00:40,689 "I want someone from Swat who can speak to me, 16 00:00:40,689 --> 00:00:42,790 and who can tell me what's happening there". 17 00:00:43,180 --> 00:00:45,090 So I started blogging for BBC. 18 00:00:45,090 --> 00:00:47,760 I used to talk to him on the phone every night. 19 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,840 We all wanted education, but so many people were silent 20 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:56,192 because they were afraid of Taliban - they were afraid of death. 21 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,691 But the courage defeated that fear. 22 00:01:02,101 --> 00:01:03,686 That is why I spoke. 23 00:01:03,816 --> 00:01:05,483 I was not waiting for someone else. 24 00:01:05,983 --> 00:01:07,290 I did it by myself. 25 00:01:07,810 --> 00:01:09,690 [October 9, 2012] 26 00:01:10,310 --> 00:01:12,055 At 12 o'clock, I think so, 27 00:01:12,055 --> 00:01:14,080 we were just sitting in our school bus, 28 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,400 and as I asked my driver, "Can you do the magic tricks?" 29 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,590 and he was just hiding a stone in his hand, 30 00:01:19,590 --> 00:01:21,230 and we had to find it. 31 00:01:21,580 --> 00:01:24,699 And I don't know I just opened my eyes and I was in the hospital. 32 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:29,750 I knew that I was shot, 33 00:01:29,750 --> 00:01:33,867 and the first thing I did was I thanked God that I am alive. 34 00:01:36,537 --> 00:01:39,190 In my country Pakistan and all over the world, 35 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:42,920 girls raised the slogan of "I am Malala." 36 00:01:43,806 --> 00:01:45,757 That is their voice for education, 37 00:01:46,337 --> 00:01:49,590 and they raised their voice against terrorism. 38 00:01:50,330 --> 00:01:51,778 It is an honor for me 39 00:01:51,778 --> 00:01:57,300 because I need more and more girls and women, and more and more boys 40 00:01:57,990 --> 00:02:00,710 to support me in my campaign for education. 41 00:02:02,609 --> 00:02:05,439 [In 2014, Malala won the Nobel Peace prize.] 42 00:02:06,149 --> 00:02:08,600 The Taliban shot me, they thought 43 00:02:09,698 --> 00:02:13,570 that the other girls who are speaking for their rights would also stop. 44 00:02:15,050 --> 00:02:18,910 They thought they would spread fear, terror, 45 00:02:19,810 --> 00:02:20,850 but they failed. 46 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:25,730 I believe that if you are sincere to your own heart 47 00:02:25,730 --> 00:02:27,170 then you can do anything. 48 00:02:27,170 --> 00:02:29,729 And I can do anything