Turning 18, Malala says she'll remain 'voice of children'


  • World
  • Tuesday, 07 Jul 2015

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai participates in the Oslo Summit on Education for Development at Oslo Plaza, Norway July, 7, 2015. REUTERS/Vegard Wivestad Grott/NTB Scanpix

OSLO (Reuters) - Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, urged an extra $39 billion a year for education worldwide on Tuesday and said she wants to remain the "voice of children" even after she turns 18 next week.

The cash, to allow all children to attend secondary schools, was the equivalent of cutting global military spending for eight days, she told Reuters at an international education conference in Oslo.

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