This is the time of year we reflect on the many things we are thankful for. This year I am thankful for the amazing young women I read about every day who are doing their small part to make the world a better place.
Take a look at the list below for your own dose of inspiration.
1. Fighting for Girls Education
When you think about inspiring young women there is one that stands out from this year – Malala Yousufzai. The 14-year-old was shot and wounded by the Taliban in Pakistan while returning home from school on the bus.
The young girl is well known in the country for promoting education for girls. In 2009 she wrote a blog for the BBC about her life under Taliban rule and her views on the importance of education for girls. The next summer she was featured in a New York Timesdocumentary about her life.
Yousufzai’s shooting has sparked an international movement for girls’ education.
You can sign a Care2 petition to nominate Yousafzai for the Nobel Peace Prize.
2. Fighting Gender Inequality
After discovering her favorite board game Guess Who had only 5 girl characters and a whopping 19 boy characters, this smart little 6-year-old decided to take action. With the help of her mother she wrote an email to the game’s creator Hasbro sharing her frustration:
It is not only boys who are important, girls are important too. If grown-ups get into thinking that girls are not important they won’t give little girls much care.
Also if girls want to be a girl in Guess Who they’ll always lose against a boy, and it will be harder for them to win. I am cross about that and if you don’t fix it soon, my mum could throw Guess Who out.
What a smart young lady – not only for recognizing the injustice but for taking action herself.
3. Girl Superheroes
Don’t try to trick this little girl into buying toys that are pink! She knows that girls can choose toys that are either pink or blue and that it’s OK for girls to like princesses or superheroes just like boys. Check out Riley’s epiphany at the toy store:
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/girl-power-10-inspiring-young-girls-doing-amazing-things.html