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Malala Yousafzai

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

They're going to universities now.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

And the school is amazing because they have mental health support, and they play chess, and they play different games.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

And I just love that it was a state-of-the-art school.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

So I'm really excited for the difference we're making for girls.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

But I'm committed to making a difference for girls through education, through creating more opportunities.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

And I have been an activist for a very long time.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

I have seen what works, what works for a while, but doesn't work anymore.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

I have also seen sometimes that statements actually fall short, like these words sometimes don't mean anything.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

And I always think about how can we make real power shift.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

And I believe we have to empower local activists.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

And this is the whole model of Malala Fund.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

The fundraising we do, the money goes directly to local education activists because

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

The work that my father and I did in our hometown, there are so many activists around the world who are doing that work on the ground, making a difference for girls.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

And I believe that we can see a change.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

We can see more girls in schools by supporting them.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

Yeah.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

So yeah, I got therapy seven years after the Taliban attack.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

And in my first therapy session, I told my therapist all of the challenges that I was going through, including the flashbacks of the Taliban attack and many, many panic attacks for months.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

And then I told the therapist, here's all my problems.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
FIFA Gives Trump a Gold Pacifier & Looming War on Venezuela Gives Jon Iraq Déjà Vu | Malala Yousafzai

Now give me the medication.