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Courage
In 2009, Malala began to write an anonymous blog for BBC in which she expressed her views of education and life when the Taliban were taking over her valley. This definitely shows how Malala is a courageous leader because she willingly brought awareness to the unjust treatment of women under Taliban rule even after her father and her had been threatened by the Taliban. -
Positive and Hope-filled
Malala’s positive thinking has definitely inspired others to help her with the cause she is fondly trying to fix. Her positiveness and hope after her assassination attempt stirred many protests across Pakistan. This encouraged over 2 million people to sign the Right to Education campaign, which led to the ratification of Pakistan’s first right to education bill. Because she was hopeful and refused to stand down after the shooting, she brought attention to the millions of children around the worl -
Risk Taker
On October 9, 2012, Malala was shot in the head, neck and shoulder by masked Taliban men because she was protesting against their rules. Miraculously, she survived and was discharged on January 3, 2013. After this attack, she was threatened by the Taliban and was still exposed to danger. Regardless, she has kept raising awareness of the injustices women are subject to in Pakistan because of the Taliban rule. This proves she is a risk taker ready to do anything in order to protect what she belie -
Committed
Malala has definitely shown commitment to improving education and women right’s in general. After her assassination attempt in 2012, she started the Malala Fund to bring awareness to the social and economic impact of girls’ education. With this, she hopes to empower girls to raise their voices and demand change. This shows how Malala has followed through her plan to make this topic known around the world to have something done about it. -
Sense of Humor
Every good leader must know how to have some fun now and then, just like Malala. In her biography, I am Malala (released October 2013), her co-author mentions how when Malala first started watching American and British TV, she thought there was clothing shortage in both the countries because the skirts were so short. This clearly marks Malala’s innocent sense of humor that makes her even more likeable and approachable than what she already was. -
Big thinker
As a big thinker, Malala decided to spread awareness of education through her biography, I am Malala. In this novel, along with her co-author, she describes her experience while defying the rule of the Taliban to ensure more children had access to education. Many critics have cited the book to be “fearless” and a piece that should be read even by the haters. This simply magnifies what Malala has done to raise awareness to this topic and how her big ideas have taken her to amazing extents. -
Accepts and uses power wisely
Malala Yousafzai donates $50,000 to reconstruct schools in Gaza
On October 29 Malala Yousafzai was awarded with the Children's Nobel prize in Sweden. This award came with a $50,000 prize, which Malala chose to use to reconstruct the schools that were destroyed in Gaza. This shows Malala’s maturity of using power wisely. Any other seventeen year old would have probably spent the money on themselves, but as a good leader, she uses this power she has to help people who need this more than her.
