Malala Yousafzai named the youngest UN Messenger of Peace
Malala Yousafzai has been made the youngest ever United Nations Messenger of Peace.
The 19-year-old has been awarded the honour to promote and further girls' education.
The honor has been bestowed upon her a mere four years after she was shot in the head by member of the Taliban in 2012 while on a school bus.
— Malala Yousafzai (@Malala_sMs) February 4, 2017
"I am really honoured to be the messenger of peace. Education is a right of every child, and especially for girls this right should not be neglected," she said in a speech.
"If we want to go forward, we have to give education to girls, and once you educate girls, you change the whole community. You change the whole society."
News: Malala Yousafzai is here w/ @AntonioGuterres; soon to be named Messenger of Peace to focus on girls’ education https://t.co/ME1FK9uOcX pic.twitter.com/rcQ4Ik1qka
— United Nations (@UN) April 10, 2017
To the girls she hopes to inspire, she said : You need to stand up, you need to believe in yourelves."
"You are the real change makers, if you do not stand up, no real change will come."
The fearless young woman also became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel peace prize in 2014, which she won when she was just 17.
