Showing posts with label UN speech. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 13, 2013

Malala Yousafzai invokes Mahatma Gandhi in her UN speech

Malala Yousafzai invokes Mahatma Gandhi in her UN speech

 

Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai, in her first public speech at the United Nations since being shot in the head by the Taliban, has said she is inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's path of non-violence.
Malala invoked Gandhi and other global advocates of non-violence stressing that, "I'm not against anyone, neither am I here to speak in terms of personal revenge against the Taliban, or any other terrorist group." 
"I'm here to speak about the right of education for every child," Malala said, in an impassioned address to the UN Youth Assembly on Friday.