The UN has declared today a Global Day of Action for girls' education.
Today marks one month since Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head with other classmates for being an activist for girls' education in Pakistan.
A campaign is underway to nominate her for the next Nobel Prize for Peace.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2231007/Malala-Yousafzai-Thousands-gather-worldwide-mark-Malala-Day-tribute-brave-schoolgirl-shot-Taliban.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
She is recovering at a hospital in England, and the Taliban's attack on her has only brought the world's attention to the need for equal access to education for girls in the world today.
"The latest Unesco figures show that 61 million children worldwide are not in school - 32 million of whom are girls - and that Pakistan has the second largest number of girls out of school in the world," reports London's Daily Mail.
Today marks one month since Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head with other classmates for being an activist for girls' education in Pakistan.
A campaign is underway to nominate her for the next Nobel Prize for Peace.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2231007/Malala-Yousafzai-Thousands-gather-worldwide-mark-Malala-Day-tribute-brave-schoolgirl-shot-Taliban.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
She is recovering at a hospital in England, and the Taliban's attack on her has only brought the world's attention to the need for equal access to education for girls in the world today.
"The latest Unesco figures show that 61 million children worldwide are not in school - 32 million of whom are girls - and that Pakistan has the second largest number of girls out of school in the world," reports London's Daily Mail.
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