US lawmaker wants Congressional Gold Medal for Malala Yousufzai
17 Nov 2012 8:09 AM IST
Malala Yousufzai, shot by the Pakistani Taliban for advocating girls' education, deserves the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award in the US, a prominent American lawmaker has said.
Malala, 15, is currently undergoing treatment at a British hospital, after she was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning in favour of education for girls in the Swat Valley against their wishes. Malala has received global support for her cause.
‘I....ask my colleagues to join me in supporting a Congressional Gold Medal for Malala Yousufzai. This is the little girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan standing up for education for our children and for her fellow boys and girls. What an amazing young lady now healing in a British hospital,’ Republican Congresswomen from Texas, Sheila Jackson Lee, said on the House floor.
‘Sixty-one million children worldwide are not enrolled in school. I believe that the Congressional Gold Medal symbolises those who are willing to suffer for others and to make a difference. I ask my colleagues to join me,’ she said.
Malala, 15, is currently undergoing treatment at a British hospital, after she was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning in favour of education for girls in the Swat Valley against their wishes. Malala has received global support for her cause.
‘I....ask my colleagues to join me in supporting a Congressional Gold Medal for Malala Yousufzai. This is the little girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan standing up for education for our children and for her fellow boys and girls. What an amazing young lady now healing in a British hospital,’ Republican Congresswomen from Texas, Sheila Jackson Lee, said on the House floor.
‘Sixty-one million children worldwide are not enrolled in school. I believe that the Congressional Gold Medal symbolises those who are willing to suffer for others and to make a difference. I ask my colleagues to join me,’ she said.
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