She was speaking at the platform of the UN and this is meant to represent all nations (however flawed their policies or however ineffective they may be as an institution). Her responsibility or role is not to critique the policies of the UN and the states that make it up. Even our leaders don’t touch the ‘broader’ issues, yet, for some reason, everyone expects it of Malala.
Please stop focusing on the child; if you can’t be supportive of her cause, then leave her alone. She’s just a child trying to do whatever she can for a cause she believes in. If others are trying to use her for their own agendas, that’s not her fault.
Meera Ghani
Published in The Express Tribune, July 29th, 2013.
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