The horrific, premeditated attack on Malala Yousufzai and two of her schoolmates in Pakistan has riveted the world’s attention on the way girls and women are viewed and treated both in Pakistan and beyond, and on the urgent need to provide girls worldwide with both education and safety.  Please refer to the articles below and offer your commentary as appropriate. http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/15/world/asia/pakistan-teen-activist-attack/index.html?hpt=hp_t1