Malala Yousafzai & Her Vocational Calling · Finding Her Calling o Malala shared her father’s passion for learning and loved going to school. In 2009, as the Taliban’s military

Malala Yousafzai & Her Vocational Calling

ByHannahGregson

Defining Vocational Calling

o AvocationalcallingisthecalltoGodandtoHisserviceinthevocationalsphereoflifebasedongiftedness,desires,affirmations,andhumanneed.

o Vocationalcallingstaysthesameaswemoveinandoutofdifferentjobsandcareers.OurvocationisdirectlyrelatedtothediscoveryofourGod-giventalents.

Background

o BorninMingora,Pakistanin1997

o NamedafterMalalai,aPashtunheroine

o Herfather,Ziaddin wasanadvocateforeducationandchallengedTalibanrestrictionsthatstoppedgirlsfromattendingschool

Finding Her Calling

o Malalasharedherfather’spassionforlearningandlovedgoingtoschool.In2009,astheTaliban’smilitaryholdonSwatintensified,MalalabeganwritingablogfortheBBCUrduserviceunderapseudonym,aboutfearsthatherschoolwouldbeattackedandtheincreasingmilitaryactivityinSwat

o In2011,MalalareceivedPakistan’sfirstNationalYouthPeacePrizeandwasnominatedbyArchbishopDesmondTutufortheInternationalChildren’sPeacePrize.

o Inresponsetohernationalrecognition,Talibanleadersvotedtokillher.

Finding Her Calling Cont.

o OnOctober9,2012,amaskedgunmanboardedMalala’sschoolbusandshother,asinglebulletwentthroughherhead,neckandshoulder.

o TheTaliban’sattempttokillMalalareceivedworldwidecondemnationandleadtoprotestsacrossPakistan.TheNationalAssemblythenswiftlyratifiedPakistan’sfirstRighttoFreeandCompulsoryEducationBill.

Establishing the Malala Fund

o Malalabecameaglobaladvocateforthemillionsofgirlsbeingdeniedaformaleducationbecauseofsocial,economic,legalandpoliticalfactors.In2013,MalalaandZiauddin co-foundedtheMalalaFundtobringawarenesstothesocialandeconomicimpactofgirls'educationandtoempowergirlstoraisetheirvoices,tounlocktheirpotentialandtodemandchange.

Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize

– MalalaacceptedtheNobelPeacePrizeon10December,2014withIndianchildren'srightsandeducationadvocateKailashSatyarthi.Malalacontributedherentireprizemoneyofmorethan$500,000tofinancingthecreationofasecondaryschoolforgirlsinPakistan.

Malala Day 2015

– Malalamarkedher18thbirthdayinLebanon,openingtheMalalaFund’s“MalalaYousafzaiAll-GirlsSchool”neartheSyrianborder,whichwillprovidequalitysecondaryeducationtomorethan200SyriangirlslivingininformalcampsandoutofschoolintheBekaa Valleyregion.

Why I chose Malala?

o Malalaisonly19yearsold,yetshehasalreadydonesomuchasaneducationadvocateforgirlsaroundtheworld.Sheinspiresherpeerstoinvokechangeandshowsallthatageisnotanecessaryrequirementtobealeader.

o Additionally,Malalaneverreallychosehervocationalcallingtobeaneducationactivist;itchoseher.Inspiteofthethreatsandaneventualattemptatherlife,Malala’spassionforlearningandherdeterminationtocontinueschoolthrustherintothelifeofaneducationactivist.Shetookherinfamyduetoahorrendousactanduseditforthebetter,topromoteeducationforgirls.

Works Cited

– TheMalalaFund.Accessed26Apr.2017.

– Whelchel,Hugh."HowToUnderstandYourVocationalCalling."InstituteforFaith,Works&Economics,14May2012.Accessed26Apr.2017.