The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai will be appointed as the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace on 10 April 2017.
Organization : United Nations (UN) Headquarters : New York City Membership : 193 member states, 2 observer states Establishment : 26 June 1945 Secretary‑General : António Guterres
The appointment would be carried out by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Yousafzai’s new role will include helping in the promotion of girl’s education across the world.
Key Points about Malala
• At the age of 16, the Pakistani activist was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman, as a punishment for defying the group’s ban and advocating for female education.
• The incident made her fight for human rights and for girls to go to school, grow into an international movement.
• In 2014, Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner.
• She has also been invited by Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau to address the country’s Parliament on 12 April 2017, which will make her the youngest person to get the opportunity.
• She will also be receiving her honorary Canadian citizenship at the occasion, which was bestowed upon her in 2014.
Yousafzai, who was treated in Britain, studied there ever since and in the process also set up a Malala Fund to support girls´ education projects in the developing countries. Besides this, the young activist, who is a regular speaker at the world stage, visited refugee camps in Rwanda and Kenya in July 2016 to highlight the plight of refugee girls from Burundi and Somalia.
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