I know now that what countries do at summits has the power to help girls in Pakistan, Nigeria or Afghanistan.
From Malala Yousafzai
We must tell girls their voices are important.
I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
I was a girl in a land where rifles are fired in celebration of a son, while daughters are hidden away behind a curtain, their role in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children.
The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.
I want to make this world perfect.
My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.
I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
Girls are going to school again in Swat Valley. And that is great.
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