"Razia went to Nepal and various other places as well. She went to different regions as a youth leader of a NGO and carried out door-to-door campaigns on child education.Ĭommenting on this occasion, the district co-ordinator of the NGO, Sher Khan, recalled how she fought against illiteracy with great zeal. Razia's struggle against child labour and illiteracy was not just confined to her own place. More than 12 million children in India below the age of 14 are working as domestic servants or other jobs such as in stone quarries, embroidery units, mining, carpet-weaving, tea stalls, restaurants and hotels, according to government data. I cannot express my happiness in words," said Ferman, father of Razia Sultan. "We didn't even know that this award (Malala award by UN) is of great importance. Though ignorant about the importance of the award, Razia's father, Ferman, was overwhelmed with the honour bestowed on his daughter. I admitted 48 students, who were earlier working as labourers, to schools," said Razia Sultan. "Being a leader of the children in my village, I tried to solve the problems of the schools and the children. Interacting with media, Razia said she has transformed the lives of 48 children trapped in child labour. In her new role, she encouraged other children in her village to join schools. She used to stitch footballs in her village like several other girls, when she was four.Īfter being rescued by a non-governmental organisation, she joined a school and eventually became a youth leader in her native place. Razia is a resident of Nanglakhumba village in Meerut District. July 12 has been heralded as Malala Day, to remember the contributions of Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, who was shot at by the Taliban for voicing her opinions against the latter's ban on girls attending schools in the Swat Valley. Sultan, 15, will be felicitated as United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education's Youth Courage Award for Education. On learning this news, there was excitement and ecstasy in and around the residence of Razia Sultan. Ibtihaj Muhammad: the Olympic and World Champion fencer and the first American to compete in the games wearing hijab.A young girl from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, who has been tackling the problem of child labour has been conferred with the first United Nations Malala Award for spreading education among child labourers. Willow Wilson: the comic book artist who created the first ever Muslim Marvel character Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham: the first scientist to prove theories about how light travels, hundreds of years before Isaac Newton You'll find people you might know, like Malala Yousafzai, Mo Farah and Muhammad Ali, as well as some you might not, such as:
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