Hello. You did not present the text to which this question refers, which makes it impossible for it to be answered. However, I will try to help you in the best possible way.
I believe you are referring to the roles of men and women in Afghanistan, where Malala lived before she was the victim of a terrorist attack. If you research Malaal's life, you will understand that Afghanistan was a place where the roles of men and women, in addition to being extremely defined, were very oppressive. Malala, lived in this extremely patriarchal world, where the role of women was limited to looking after domestic activities and children. Women could not work outside the home and could not study, moreover, they should remain in an extremely submissive position to the men in the family.
The men, in turn, were the providers of the house and could work and study, being responsible for the support of the family and the domination of women.
As Malala was a woman, she was forbidden to study, but she did not accept this and decided to disobey this rule and because of that disobedience she suffered an attack that almost killed her.