Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan last week, has been flown to Britain for specialist care. The youngster was seriously wounded as she sat on a bus going to school. She was targeted by the Taliban for campaigning for the rights of girls in Pakistan to have an education. The Taliban says she and her family will still be targets if she continues to promote education for girls. Malala needs urgent treatment for a damaged skull, followed by what Pakistani doctors called "intensive neuro-rehabilitation". The hospital has specialist facilities for gunshot wounds and head injuries and has treated hundreds of soldiers returning injured from Afghanistan.
Malala has been campaigning since she was 11. Wikipedia says of her: "She is known for her education and women's rights activism in the Swat Valley, where the Taliban has at times banned girls from attending school. In early 2009, at the age of 11, Yousafzai came to prominence through a blog she wrote for the BBC detailing her life under the Taliban regime…and her views on promoting education for girls." It added: "She has…been nominated for the International Children's Peace Prize by Desmond Tutu, and has won Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize." Former U.K. prime minister Gordon Brown has started an online petition called "I am Malala," campaigning for the rights of 61 million children to go to school. (Breaking News English ESL)
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