I love being in San Francisco, and especially living in Sausalito – in the area called the banana belt due to it being the sunny side of the city – and feeling so happy to be near water and trees and …

I am writing this letter on the International Day of the Girl Child. This is two days after Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year old girl, was shot by Taliban gunmen in north-western Pakistan. The militants said…