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Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. As a young girl , she demanded that girls should be allowed to receive an education , which resulted in the Taluban issuing a death threat against her.
After the Taliban began attacking girl's schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech whose title was, ''How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?''. In early 2009, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban's threats to deny her an education . Yousafzai continued to speak out about her right , and the right of all women , to an education.
She was shot in the head ba a Taliban gunman in 2012, but survived . The shooting resulted in a massive support for Yousafzai , which continued during her recovery. She gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16th birthday, in 2013 . She has also written an autobiography '' I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban'', which was released in Otober 2013.
At age 17, she bacame the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize . In congratulating Yousafzai, U.N.Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon described her as '' a brave and gentle advocate of peace who through the simple act of going to school became a global teacher''.
For her 18th birthday on July 12,2015, the young activist opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. Its expenses were covered be the Malala Fund, and the school was designed to admit nearly 200 girls from the ages of 14 to 18. '' Today on my first day as an adult, on behalf of the world's children , I demand we must invest in books instead of bullets'' , Yousafzai spoke in one of the school' s classrooms.
1. Yousafzai gave many speeches to support girls ' basic right to have education.
2. She was so brave to write articles about the gender discrimination in education in her hometown.
3. She worked as a BBC reporter for a short time.
4. She has worked as a teacher in many countries in the world.
5. She gained great support after being shot nearly dead be Taliban.
6. She was taken to hospital in the capital of Pakistan.
7. She was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Pize.
8. She opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon funded be the Mala Fund.
9. She loves peace, and hates war.
10. She founded the Malala Fund.
1. In Korea, many people still feel that women should be in charge of ________ aftergetting married.
A. Housekeeping B. homemaker C. house husband D. hoouseholder
2. The principle of equal pay is that men and women doing _______ work should get paid the same amount.
A. same B. alike C. similar D. identical
3. In Yemen, women have less _______ to property ownership , credit, training and employment.
A. possibility B. way C. use D. access
4. Women are more likely to be victims of ______ violence .
A. domestic B. household C. home D. family
5. International Women's Day is an occasion to make more ______ towards achieving gender equality.
A. movement B. progress C. improvement D. development
6. Reducing gender _______ improves productivity and economic growth of a nation.
A. equality B. inequality C. possibility D. development
7. Women with high qualifications _______ to managers.
A. must promote B. must be promoted C. must move D. rights
8. A common reason that someone _______ more for similar work is because of his or her experience or ''length of service".
A. may be paid B. should not be paid C. can be paid D. must be followed
9. True gender equality ________ when both men and women reach a balance between work and family.
A. can achieve B. should be achieved C. can be achieved D. should achieve
