Malala Day London

Plan UK, A World at School and the Southbank Centre in London recently hosted a special event highlighting girls’ right to education. The event tied in with the first ever youth take-over of the United Nations General Assembly on 12th July 2013 – now designated ‘Malala Day’. Malala Yousafzai was shot by masked gunmen while she was on her way to school in Pakistan last October – targeted for her support of girls’ education. On her 16th birthday she lead the first ever youth UN take-over in New York making a moving and powerful speech.

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Plan UK’s giant book highlights the importance of girls’ education

UK schoolgirls join TV presenter Cherry Healey to kickstart our week of celebrations for International Day of the Girl.

Girls from two south London schools joined TV presenter Cherry Healey to sign a giant book outside the Tower of London. The book highlights the importance of education for girls in the run up to the first International Day of the Girl.

The schoolgirls completed the opening sentence in the book ‘Because I have an education I can…’. Tilly Holmes, 14 and Hannah Davis, 15 from Graveney School in Tooting, were keen to emphasise the choices that having an education would bring them. Evie Edgar, 14 from St. Cecilia’s School in Southfields said that having an education meant she knew her rights. Her classmates Ellie Guven and Emily Craig think having an education will mean good careers and independence.

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