Malala and this 23-year-old girl, victim of hideous rape and violence, battling for her life are proof that we women (of all nationalities, colors, creeds, and physical and geographic differences) have an indomitable spirit...if only we can let it surface, allow it to surface,...and we must - these girls have shown us that the least thing we have to be afraid of is fear.....one cannot have gone through more fearful situations than these girls....
It is unbelievable and miraculous how these two girls who were so brutally attacked head-on, as it were, have survived - it is their invincible soul and unconquerable spirit that have kept them alive.....both of them want to continue-in their own contexts-to speak up and fight up for women.
Each one of us women across continents and seas, even to the most remote places of the earth have to stand behind these girls......absolutely and completely.....
There is no punishment strong enough for those who tried to kill these girls.....but there is one thing we women can do....which is to not bend before any man who tries to take away or damage our self-respect, self-esteem, and self-worth. These girls have shown us that we need not, because we can survive the worst....and we will.