DiversityInc » Middle East http://www.diversityinc.com DiversityInc: Diversity and the Bottom Line Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:42:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Taliban-Fighting Girl’s Life on the Line http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/taliban-fighting-girls-life-on-the-line/ http://www.diversityinc.com/diversity-and-inclusion/taliban-fighting-girls-life-on-the-line/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:10:18 +0000 Stacy Straczynski http://www.diversityinc.com/?p=20864 Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban for women’s-education rights activism.

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]]> Malala YousafzaiPakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai will undergo emergency medical care from a team of specialized doctors in a Birmingham, England, hospital. The 14-year-old female-education activist was gunned down by the Taliban as she walked home from class, targeted for her high-profile efforts promoting the need for women’s equality in Pakistani society.

Yousafzai had been featured in the 2009 documentary below, which detailed how the Taliban are shutting down Pakistani schools that provide education to women. “I want to get my education, and I want to become a doctor,” she says.

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