In the following months, charities aimed at girls' education in Pakistan saw huge increases in the number and monetary amount of donations (Baker). Furthermore, Gordon Brown, representative of the United Nations, launched the Malala petition urging “the United Nations to recommit to Millennium Development Goal 2, which promises that all children, boys and girls, should be able to complete primary education” (Mulholland ). The petition garnered three million signatures and pushed Pakistan to pass the Right to Education Act, but despite this, the vast majority of Pakistani girls still fail to receive an education. Malala continues to fight this issue with her book, "I am Malala: the girl who championed education and was killed by the Taliban", the Malala Fund, an organization that raises awareness for girls' education, empowers these girls and calls for change. all on top of his standard perseverance and powerful speeches. In 2014, she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her commitment to bringing justice to all children, especially in underdeveloped countries, and for her unwavering dissent against Taliban restrictions on girls' education, even when under threat.
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