Malala Yousafzai on the Power of Education | Glamour

Women have the same rights as men.

If a man can go to school, if a boy
can go to school, why can't a girl?

[Malala Yousafzai]

[The Girls' hero
Woman of the year, 2013]

If I don't go to school

then I would be obeying
my brother and my father,

I would be washing clothes every day,

and then I would marry,

then I would be taking care of children,

and my life would finish.

Those people who stop us
from getting education,

they are afraid of educated
and powerful women.

There was a correspondent of BBC,

and he asked my father,

"I want someone from Swat
who can speak to me,

and who can tell me
what's happening there".

So I started blogging for BBC.

I used to talk to him
on the phone every night.

We all wanted education,
but so many people were silent

because they were afraid of Taliban -
they were afraid of death.

But the courage defeated that fear.

That is why I spoke.

I was not waiting for someone else.

I did it by myself.

[October 9, 2012]

At 12 o'clock, I think so,

we were just sitting in our school bus,

and as I asked my driver,
"Can you do the magic tricks?"

and he was just hiding
a stone in his hand,

and we had to find it.

And I don't know I just opened my eyes
and I was in the hospital.

I knew that I was shot,

and the first thing I did was
I thanked God that I am alive.

In my country Pakistan
and all over the world,

girls raised the slogan of "I am Malala."

That is their voice for education,

and they raised their voice
against terrorism.

It is an honor for me

because I need more and more girls
and women, and more and more boys

to support me in my
campaign for education.

[In 2014, Malala won
the Nobel Peace prize.]

The Taliban shot me, they thought

that the other girls who are speaking
for their rights would also stop.

They thought they would
spread fear, terror,

but they failed.

I believe that if you are
sincere to your own heart

then you can do anything.

And I can do anything