Rallying 'Round Malala

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While it is unfortunate in the extreme that it took a child being shot to focus attention on the plight of girls in so many parts of the world, we are all fortunate that something did. Sometimes a movement needs a symbol around which to coalesce, and our little friend Malala Yousafzai is that symbol.
   And may I add, while we're on the subject, that this little girl's courage, intelligence, and dignity didn't come from nowhere. Her father's love and devotion are a huge part of what has allowed her to continue being the amazing person she was born as (video): http://educationenvoy.org/
   P.S., It is perhaps doubly unfortunate that the radicals who backed this attack on a child are vowing to finish what they started: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9687466/Islamic-hardliners-announce-fatwa-on-Malala-Yousafzai.html