‘An experiment to see whether an online video could make an obscure warlord infamous’

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not [only] that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story. Chimamanda Adichie, 2009

Malala Yousafzai

‘She was an ordinary girl…’ Adolescent living in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan Attended her father’s private high school for girls Blogged about Taliban control of Swat Valley in 2009, especially the order to close all of the schools

‘…but on camera, extraordinary’ Time Magazine’s 2013 list of 100 most influential people in the world UN Special Envoy for Education (Gordon Brown), leading activities for Malala Day

‘We are all Malala’ In Pakistan: 5.1 million children are out of school—the second-highest number in the world—and two-thirds of them are girls In the world: Girls make up more than 70% of the 125 children in the world, who have no school to attend

‘She paid a terrible price, but the price she paid may have awoken the world in a way that nothing else has’

Malala Day July 12 th 2013 Activities planned in: London, New York, Paris… …a village, town or city near you?