Wearing a pink shawl that had once belonged to slain Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, education rights activist Malala Yousafzai stood before the United Nations and made an impassioned call for women’s and children’s  education on her 16th birthday—just nine months after a Taliban gunman tried to silence her by putting a bullet through her head.

(Source: msnbc, via jacobinenjolras)

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