Malala: Youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace

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Malala Yousafzai, 19, is already the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. She was shot in the head on her school bus in 2012 by a Taliban gunman. Taliban mentioned that an act of punishment for girls who go to school, which defied the militant Islamic’s group ban on female education.

However, she has been campaigning globally since then, when she was rushed to Britain for treatment. She has also studies and even set up a fund (Malala Fund) to support girls’ in developing countries.

She was awarded the nobel prize in 2014, and will now be appointed as United Nations Messenger of Peace, on Monday by UN Security-General Antonio Guterres.

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All I have to say, You go girl!! Also, everyone reading this should help out and be supportive of gender equality.

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