Role models

By Fatima and Tanvi

Our favorite role models include Emma Watson and Malala Yousafzai. They both stood up for women's and girls rights. Both of them are amazing people because of the qualities they have and what they have done to impact our world.

Emma Watson is a British actress and activist. In July 2014 she became a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. She has shown major efforts towards the empowerment of young women. She gave a strong and powerful speech about gender inequality and how to fight it.

Malala Yousafzai is an activist and blogger. She was born on July 12 1997 in Mingora, Swat valley, Pakistan. She is a Pakistani activist who, while a teenager, spoke out publicly against the forbidding on the education of girls that was not allowed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP; sometimes called Pakistani Taliban).

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Both of them stood up for women's and girls rights. Malala Yousafzai fought for girls education, and Emma Watson fought for gender equality. They both encouraged people to support and respect young girls. They showed young girls to respect themselves and to support each other.