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Stand #WithMalala to Fund 12 Years of Education For Girls Around The World
Earlier this year, Malala Yousafzai celebrated her 18th birthday by opening a school for Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
More recently the documentary He Named Me Malala screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, profiling the inspirational Pakistani teenager and her fearless fight to empower young women worldwide.
As part of her continuing mission to ensure education for children around the world, particularly young women, she recently launched the Stand with Malala for Girls Education petition on Change.org.
Malala Yousoufzai launched a petition to fund 12 years of education for girls.
Photo Credit: Change.org
The petition calls for the provision of 12 years of free primary and secondary education for girls around the world — which is, in fact, already a goal that world leaders are set to commit to this month in the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
According to the petition page however, “. . . a commitment only counts if a commitment is kept.” To that end, it calls upon the Global Partnership for Education to expand its focus from the current nine years, to a full 12 years of free education and asks that GPE partners provide additional funding so that girls are able to complete their secondary education.
While there are of course several organisations that can be tapped, the petition informs that the GPE is where a large amount of foreign aid for education is directed and it is a “major funder of education in some of the world’s poorest countries.” Hence Yousafzai is asking for the organisation to take a leadership role in this initiative.
Malala Yousafzai meeting with Syrian refugees in a camp in Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
Photo Credit: Malala Fund Official Facebook page
Despite overcoming tremendous odds and surviving a Taliban attack on her life, Yousafzai has not been deterred from speaking out about the importance of girl’s education and has not rested on her laurels — even with the Nobel Prize being among them. Currently based out of Britain, she states in this latest petition “I am blessed every day to wake up and know that I can receive a free, quality primary and secondary education, but I shouldn’t be the exception.”
Within a week of its launch, the campaign had garnered over 200,000 supporters and the hashtag #WithMalala has received tremendous support on Twitter.
The petition has currently collected 383,584 signatures of the targeted 500,000 and the number keeps growing.
Article Sources: Huffington Post, Change.org
Main Image Photo Credit: Change.org
Dilshad Burman
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Dilshad Burman is an award winning TV host and Canadian media personality. Born in Mumbai, India, she was surrounded by its creative energy and grew up with a passion for music, film and television. While completing her Bachelor of Arts in English literature from The University of Mumbai, she i...
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