Malala Yousafzai calls for education to be top priority

A Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban is to lead calls for education to become a top priority in failing states around the world.

Malala Yousafzai will mark her 16th birthday by highlighting the plight of others at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 12 July.

It will be her first major public appearance since being shot in 2012.

Malala said the date was an opportunity for young people to tell the world “we will get our education”.

The teenager added: “Let us work together for the rights of girls and boys. Let us build schools.”

Malala survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban in October after being targeted for standing up for her right to go to school in her home country.

Surgeons in Pakistan removed a bullet from her head and she was flown to Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital for further treatment.

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