Millions of girls lose their access to schools due to climate-related events, Yousafzai says
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, left. Picture: REUTERS
In 2012, the now 24-year-old survived being shot in the head by a Pakistani Taliban gunman after she was targeted for her campaign against the Taliban’s efforts to deny women education. She subsequently became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her education advocacy. During the demonstration, Yousafzai recounted a story of how her own education was interrupted by climate change as her school and many others in the locality were flooded.
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