Malala Yousafzai is an advocate for girls right to education, where at the age of only years old she decided to speak on behalf of nearly 60 million children around the world who do not have the freedom to go to school. In 2008, Taliban militants enforced strict rules on the population in northwest Pakistan stopping women from shopping, as well as banning television, music and the education of girls. By the end of the year the Taliban had blown up nearly a hundred schools. In 2009, Malala had decided to blog anonymously for the BBC Urdu website on how educational restrictions were affecting female students. Malalas blog entries appeared on the BBC and were reprinted in newspapers; she had also appeared in a documentary film and gave interviews in print and on television, where she has stated, I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. And I have the right to talk. In October of 202, a masked Taliban gunman boarded a bus and demanded that Malala step forward or he would shoot everyone. Malala ended up being shot at close range, but was kept alive and treated by doctors. The assassination attempt received worldwide attention and produced a w
ave of sympathy and anger. Since her recovery, Malala has received many awards and met with many world leaders to talk about a number of topics concerning womens rights, but specifically aiming towards girls right to education. Malala has exemplified the virtues of fortitude, and justice through her endless amount of determination to give girls the freedom they deserve even when faced with difficulty and danger. She did not let the vicious acts of the Taliban discourage nor silence her; instead, she let it fuel her desire to commence change and create a world where education is a fundamental right for everyone. She showed and continues to show an astounding amount of courage and justice through her act to take initiative and to stand up and be the voice of 60 million children around the world who do not have the freedom to go to school, as well as continues to actively look for a solution to end gender discrimination and raise awareness of the limitations that girls experience on an everyday basis in some countries. Malala came close to identifying and achieving the standard, also known as good or bad ethics, which can be analyzed through philosophers Aristotle, Kant, and Levinas.