Malala Yousafzai

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TED Talks Daily · What I got wrong about changing the world | Malala Yousafzai · 14 Apr 2026 podcast

Because I knew exactly what Afghan girls were going through.

When I saw pictures of little girls standing outside the locked gates of their schools, I could not stop thinking about them.

I know many of us feel overwhelmed and lost today.

like the obstacles are too big, and there's little we can do to fix the problem.

But there's a lot I have learned over the past few years, and I want to share with you how to keep fighting for change when you have lost hope.

First, you have to start with something.

While I couldn't undo the catastrophe that had just happened in Afghanistan, I knew I had to get out of my hospital bed and find a way to help.

I started by supporting underground schools, because the Afghan girls are not giving up on learning, even if it means risking their lives.

Across the country today, they are listening to lessons on the radio, discreetly passing cassette tapes and books to each other, and trying to keep studying in secret.

It is far from the education that they deserve, but it's a start.

The second thing I learned is the importance of working with others.

And that has led me to some unexpected places, like movie theaters and football fields.

I have produced two films about Afghanistan, Bread and Roses and Champions of the Golden Valley, stories of Afghan men and women who are resisting the Taliban's oppression.

and I have joined the campaign of Afghan women's national football team to push FIFA to allow them to compete in exile.

The Taliban are erasing women from public life, but I am here to do the opposite of what the Taliban want.

That is why I am taking every opportunity to show Afghan women speaking, singing, kicking a ball and standing up for their rights.

because the artists and athletes that I work with help connect the world to the women and girls who are living through this crisis and to the belief that every life carries equal worth.

My final lesson.

Stay ambitious.

I know it might sound foolish to be setting high goals when you are losing a battle, but the bigger the fight, the bolder you have to be.

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