Different ceremonies were held to honour the bravery of the child peace activist, glorifying her stance against extremism and for women’s education.
A 17-year-old schoolboy presented a petition in support of Malala Yousafzai to the Pakistan High Commission on the global day of action for girls’ education which saw the whole world uniting behind Malala.
Sunderland student David Crone, a UN and Plan UK Youth representative, handed in the documents which call for every child to have the right to go to school as part of a drive led by former prime minister Gordon Brown.
The document said: “This is a really important cause - all young people are entitled to the same level of education and no young person should be excluded because of threats or their gender. If girls are to receive a good level of education they also need the solidarity of men and boys around the world to achieve it.”
On the “Malala and the 32 million girls day”, Pakistani organisations in the UK held events to express solidarity with the injured student who is receiving treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Several events to express solidarity with her have been planned in the coming days.
Read more at The News International, published 11 November 2012.
Different ceremonies were held to honour the bravery of the child peace activist, glorifying her stance against extremism and for women’s education.
A 17-year-old schoolboy presented a petition in support of Malala Yousafzai to the Pakistan High Commission on the global day of action for girls’ education which saw the whole world uniting behind Malala.
Sunderland student David Crone, a UN and Plan UK Youth representative, handed in the documents which call for every child to have the right to go to school as part of a drive led by former prime minister Gordon Brown.
The document said: “This is a really important cause - all young people are entitled to the same level of education and no young person should be excluded because of threats or their gender. If girls are to receive a good level of education they also need the solidarity of men and boys around the world to achieve it.”
On the “Malala and the 32 million girls day”, Pakistani organisations in the UK held events to express solidarity with the injured student who is receiving treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. Several events to express solidarity with her have been planned in the coming days.
Read more at The News International, published 11 November 2012.