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Summary UN special envoy Gordon Brown has called for observing 10th Nov as Global Day of Action for Malala.
In an article he said the objective is to achieve Malala Yousafzais aim - which every girl has the opportunity to go to school.He said the words I am Malala are not only a defiant challenge to the Taliban but a bold assertion that every single girl and boy should have the chance of an education.The UN Special Envoy pointed out that most recent figures published by UNESCO in their Global Monitoring Report show that 61 million children dont receive an education. A further 200 million remain illiterate despite attending school. Equality of opportunity remains a hollow dream.He said Pakistan is a case study of the challenge ahead; showing how much theres still to be done if we are to meet the Millennium Development Goal target. Some five million dont receive an education‚ three million of whom are girls.This means that Pakistan has 49.5 million illiterate adults‚ two-thirds of them female.Brown said he would visit Pakistan next month to talk about the global day of action with the Pakistani leadership.
