How Did Civil Resistance Leaders Accomplish Their Goals?

Gandhi and Malala

There has always been someone who has resisted the law or spoke up about their right. But there are only a few that has made a change. As you read through this essay I want you to keep in mind that if you opposed the government during these two different time eras in any kind of way they would take you prisoner or get you killed. The people that I will review today are from two different time periods and had two different ways of using civil resistance. How did these civil resistance leaders accomplish their goals?

One of the most recent civil resistance leader is Malala Yousafzai who is an activist for female education. Her dad runs a chains of schools in Swat valley. In Swat valley there is no democracy and it is very
This is where the problem started. When the local Taliban banned girls from attending school Malala got really angry and started writing a blog for BBC where she talked about her life under Taliban rule and promoting girls education in the region, she was only 11-12 years old. She has risked her life many times to go to school in Swat valley. The system which was the Taliban were very harsh and didn't listen to anyone. There was no democracy and if you demonstrated against them you were either killed or tortured. On the 9th of October 2012 Malala was on a school bus that would change her life forever.During the ride a couple Taliban members boarded the bus and asked the student which one was Malala. One of the students pointed at Malala and the man shot her in the face(eyebrow). When the men went off the bus three students were shot. Luckily all of them survived but they were all critically injured. This assassination attempt sparked an international support for Malala and her family.Suddenly she was in many interviews and documentaries. On 10 October 2014 she was announced as the co-recipient of the nobel peace prize for her work on letting children have the right to go to school. She was 17 at
Gandhi was the leader of the Indian Independence movement in British ruled India. He resisted the government by using non-violent disobedience. You must keep in mind that the system that he lived in(British ruled India) was very organized and it was very hard to resist the governments laws. He used one of the most effective methods of gathering the people and controlling them to his will. For example when the people made revolts against the British government Gandhi would starve himself to get them to listen because the people really cared about him. This method can only work if the people really care about you. At 5:17 PM on 30 January 1948 Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in the garden of the Birla house. In 1930 Mahatma Gandhi challenged the British government by ignoring the salt tax with a 400 km Salt