UNITED NATIONS: “Those who deny women and girls their right to education, violate Islam,” Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Masood Khan told an audience at the world body on Monday. He said the religion was for all men and women without discrimination.

He observed that the terrorist attack on Malala Yousufzai showed that “the forces of darkness” were afraid of the education that gave courage to girls to stand up for their rights.

“Ensuring women’s and girls’ rights, eliminating discrimination and achieving gender equality lie at the heart of the international human rights system, starting with article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states unequivocally: ‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights…’

In the past few weeks, in several countries, groups of citizens have openly taken a stand against Muslim fundamentalists, including armed ones.

A local college student was inspired to create a website to raise funds for Pakistani women in need. For this Mom's Everyday Money segment, we'll uncover the philanthropic side of e-commerce websites.

"We saw poverty while we were in Pakistan and it became kind of like the norm for us," said Sameen Wajid, founder of Jashna Design.

Sisters Sameen and Zareen Wajid didn't fully realize the state of their home country until after they came to the U.S. 15 years ago.