Compare And Contrast Hillary Clinton And Malala Yousafzai
Two renown women, Hillary Clinton, and Malala Yousafzai, have both shared their ideas on women’s rights, and they both make points on the importance of women’s education. Malala is especially focused on education, while Hillary brings more attention to all rights of women. They both call on world leaders to help make change, and they both express the need for women to speak for themselves. Malala Yousafzai’s speech is very focused on education, specifically women's education. She uses a powerful personal story with the taliban to elaborate how powerful education is, and the threat it can pose to extremist groups as said in paragraph 5 of her speech, “ The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice
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All around the world women are being oppressed, and Hillary points out that women must be equal in paragraph 11 of her speech, “ let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” Malala also speak about equality for women, as you can see when malala states “ To ensure freedom and equality for women so they can flourish.” A clear connection can be seen between these two people and their alike ideals. One other ideal these women share is that women need to take a stand for their rights, Hillary also brings attention to the silence of women throughout history in paragraph ten, “ These abuses have continued because, for too long, the history of women has been a history of silence. Even today, there are those who are trying to silence our words. But the voices of this conference and of the women at Huairou must be heard loudly and clearly….” This clearly defines that Hillary believes women must speak out. Malala says something to the same effect in paragraph eight, “Today I am focusing on women's rights and girls' education because they are suffering the most. There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and
All around the world women are being oppressed, and Hillary points out that women must be equal in paragraph 11 of her speech, “ let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” Malala also speak about equality for women, as you can see when malala states “ To ensure freedom and equality for women so they can flourish.” A clear connection can be seen between these two people and their alike ideals. One other ideal these women share is that women need to take a stand for their rights, Hillary also brings attention to the silence of women throughout history in paragraph ten, “ These abuses have continued because, for too long, the history of women has been a history of silence. Even today, there are those who are trying to silence our words. But the voices of this conference and of the women at Huairou must be heard loudly and clearly….” This clearly defines that Hillary believes women must speak out. Malala says something to the same effect in paragraph eight, “Today I am focusing on women's rights and girls' education because they are suffering the most. There was a time when women activists asked men to stand up for their rights. But this time we will do it by ourselves. I am not telling men to step away from speaking for women's rights, but I am focusing on women to be independent and