Pakistan's Malala Yousufzai, 16, receives Clinton Global Citizen award
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Malala Yousufzai, Pakistan's teenage education rights activist and crusader, received one of this year's 'Clinton Global Citizens Awards' during a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) award dinner in New York City.
She received this year's award for Leadership in Civil Society.
Last year, she was shot in the head by the Taliban for demanding education for girls while returning home on a bus from school.
"Women are not even accepted as human beings. They are treated with injustice and inequality. Women are denied, they are neglected even in the developed countries where they are not given the opportunities to move forward and be what they want," she said after receiving the award.
The young, impassioned peace activist touched on issues from child labor and poverty to inequality and injustice among women from Afghanistan to Syria.
"We ask the governments, and the responsible people -- If you want to see peace in Syria, Afgh
Malala Yousufzai, Pakistan's teenage education rights activist and crusader, received one of this year's 'Clinton Global Citizens Awards' during a Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) award dinner in New York City.
She received this year's award for Leadership in Civil Society.
Last year, she was shot in the head by the Taliban for demanding education for girls while returning home on a bus from school.
"Women are not even accepted as human beings. They are treated with injustice and inequality. Women are denied, they are neglected even in the developed countries where they are not given the opportunities to move forward and be what they want," she said after receiving the award.
The young, impassioned peace activist touched on issues from child labor and poverty to inequality and injustice among women from Afghanistan to Syria.
"We ask the governments, and the responsible people -- If you want to see peace in Syria, Afgh