Stand up for Malala
, December 10, 2012
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (L) and Unesco Director-General Irina Bokova attend the event "Stand up for Malala, Girls' education is a right!" during the United Nations Human Rights Day at the Unesco headquarters in Paris on December 10. A special tribute was paid to Malala Yousafazi, the teenage Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban after advocating education for girls, at the British hospital where she is being treated. The poster in the background shows Malala Yousafazi. Reuters/Charles Platiau