Malala Day

Earlier this month, Malala Yousafzai, the girl shot by the Taliban for standing up for education rights, celebrated her 16th birthday by addressing the UN. Her speech read like history in the making. We were delighted that Camille McGirt, winner of the 2012 Pearson Prize for Higher Education, was on the floor as a youth delegate to witness it. Here's her special report.

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On July 12, I was invited to serve as a youth delegate and representative for Pearson at the United Nations for Malala Day – an event organized in support of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative. Over 500 young leaders from around the globe joined Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban on her way to school, in calling for action on reaching the goal of all children, especially girls, to be in school and learning by 2015. My role as a youth delegate was an empowering experience that I will never forget.

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