"Ascent of Women" by Sally Armstrong
"Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying to do is wrong, that education is our basic right." It is hard to believe that in the twenty first century these are the words of a teenage girl. But they are, these are the words of Malala Yosafzai, a young Pakistani woman who was shot in the head for speaking out and fighting for the right of young women to get an education. All around the world, young girls and women still lack the basic rights of freedom, education, and equality. But like Malala, they know that the conflict, violence, and poverty will end when the oppression of women does, and they are fighting to put an end to it. In Ascent of Women , Sally Armstrong introduces readers to the numerous women around the world who are ushering in the revolution that will change this world. From Canada to Afghanistan, Kenya to Venezuela and throughout the rest of the world, women are standing up and leading the fight for equa...