Malala Fund, the non profit organisation founded by the famous Pakistani activist, Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai is coming up with an anthology on girls who have bravely fought oppression.
Malala Yousafzai hit the headlines, when she was shockingly shot by the Taliban for her activism for women's rights, especially towards education. Since then she has recovered, finished her schooling and recently graduated from the University of Oxford, completing her degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She started the Malala Fund to fight for girls' education and has been a advocate for her beliefs since then, making an iconic speech at the United Nations and having published two inspiring books.
Now, the Malala Fund will be behind another book which will tell the tale of 25 incredibly brave girls, who fought against oppression and defied regressive social norms for their right to be educated.
Yet unnamed, the book will be published by HarperCollins. Publisher Krishan Chopra told PTI, "As a fallout of COVID-19, the dropout rate of girls in schools is expected to rise and the irony is that in academics, they are either equal or ahead of the boys, when given sufficient opportunities. We are delighted, therefore, to announce this anthology"
Commissioning editor of the book, Ananya Borgohain, added, "Because of COVID-19 and the lockdown, many people in India have lost their jobs, making it difficult especially for low-income households to sustain their children''s costs of education.
"It is important for people to know the stories that can give them not just hope but also crucial information about access to education. This is what this book will do."
The book will be edited by Tess Thomas, the editor of Assembly, who explained, "Malala Fund created Assembly, our digital publication and newsletter, to help more girls tell their stories just like Malala Yousafzai did. This print anthology will feature personal essays by girls around the world about their fight for education and equality."
The Malala Fund won the 2020 Webby Award for Email Newsletter in the category Web, so no doubt the book will be extraordinary.
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