Apr 10, 2017
News, Secretary General
Antonio Guterres, girls education, Malala Yousafzai, Messenger of Peace, New York, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Secretary-General, UN, united nations, USA
United Nations, New York, USA, 10 April 2017 – Secretary-General Antonio Guterres designated Malala Yousafzai, global advocate for girls education and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate, as a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on girls education, at a special ceremony today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, April 10 2017 UN Secretary-General António Guterres today designated Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai as UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on girls’ education making her the youngest ever to carry the title. Guterres said it was a “very emotional [Read More]
Oct 10, 2014
Celebrities, News, United Nations
500 Days of Action, Celebrities, celebrity, Japanese, Kwansei Gakuin University, Malala Fund, Malala Yousafzai, MDGS, Nobel Peace Prize, Students, the Millennium Development Goals, UN, united nations
“My dream is a simple dream that everybody has. It’s a dream of peace, I want to see all human beings happy. I want to see all girls go to school, I want equality, I want justice. But for that dream, I must struggle, I must work hard and I cannot do it all alone. I need people. We can all achieve our goal if we are together.” United Nations, New York, USA, August 18 2014 – Malala Yousafzai, education advocate and Co-founder of the Malala Fund, arrives at the United Nations and is greeted by a group of UN [Read More]
Aug 20, 2014
Celebrities, News, Secretary General, United Nations
500 Days of Action, Ban Ki-moon, Celebrities, celebrity, Kwansei Gakuin University, Malala Fund, Malala Yousafzai, MDGS, Millennium Development Goals, Students, UN, united nations
By: Jennifer Bentley Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani woman made famous after being attacked by the Taliban for her activism for education and women’s rights, visited the United Nations on Monday to help the organization kick off the last 500 Days of Action for the Millennium Development Goals. She joined Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and more than 500 other young people. The eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, were agreed upon in 2000, and include: Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger worldwide Achieving access to primary education for all Promoting gender equality and empowering women Reducing the child [Read More]
