Malala Takes Education Battle To The UN

By Tom Parmenter, in New York

The Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by the Taliban will mark her 16th birthday by addressing the United Nations in New York.

Malala Yousafzai will urge the world to give every child an education.

Her remarkable recovery has seen her become a high profile campaigner with her face being recognised all over the world.

Three million people have already signed a petition which Malala will present to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.

Ahead of her first major public speech the teenager said: "This is an opportunity for every young person on the planet to get together and tell the world: 'We will get our education, be it at home, in school or any place'."

The schoolgirl was shot by the Taliban in 2012 while on her way to school in Swat Valley.

She was transferred to Birmingham in the UK and underwent extensive surgery to rebuild her skull at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Malala leaves Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham

Young people from 80 different countries have arrived in New York to hear Malala's speech and to support her cause.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said: "In far too many places, students like Malala and their teachers are threatened, assaulted, even killed.

"Through hate-filled actions, extremists have shown what frightens them the most: a girl with a book."

The event marks Malala Day and has been organised by former prime minister Gordon Brown, now the UN Special Envoy for Global Education.

"This frail young girl who was seriously injured has become such a powerful symbol not just for the girls' right to education, but for the demand that we do something about it immediately," Mr Brown told CBS News.

"There will be no compromise with any religious extremist who says girls should not go to school or stop going to school at 10."

The Malala Day petition can be found here.

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