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Destruction of schools and killings have harmed women's education in Pakistan. 16-year-old education activist and blogger Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head and neck by Taliban insurgents 9 October 2012 after she had blogged about the destruction of schools and closing of all-girls schools in her town of Mingora in the Swat District.
Amelia Rose Earhart (born January 18, 1983) [2] is an American private pilot and former reporter for NBC affiliate [3] KUSA-TV in Denver, Colorado.In 2013, Earhart started the Fly With Amelia Foundation, which grants flight scholarships to girls aged 16–18.
The mission of the non-profit organization is to promote education and literacy, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. [31] [32] From 2006 through 2011, Greg Mortenson promoted his book as well as fundraising and promoting girls' education through public speaking events at schools throughout the United ...
Authorities are investigating the disappearance of a Colorado teen whose head and hands were found at her family's former home after they sold it. Head and hands of Colorado girl last seen in 2005 ...
A 15-year-old boarding school student shot a dean rather than relinquish pin-up pictures of girls in bathing suits. [73] December 8, 1953 Aledo, Illinois, United States James Gipson, 17 1 dead 26-year-old track coach George Marich was stabbed to death by 17-year-old student James Gipson in a hallway of Aledo High School.
Fajer Rabia Pasha (born 1984) is the executive director of Pakistan Alliance for Girls Education [1] She is a social entrepreneur, activist, global leader, and influencer fighting for education rights for girls in Pakistan.
Colorado wildlife officials are hunting for a coyote that attacked and injured a four-year-old girl on Thanksgiving.. The attack occurred on Thursday afternoon in a neighborhood east of Monument ...
Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women and children in her native homeland, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become Pakistan's "most prominent ...