When is Malala Day ? 12th July or 10th November ?
After updating our last post on International Days observed by UN we
have got a number of mails, by CORRECTING the Malala Day. Most of them
claimed that Malala Day is not on 12th July its on 10th November. They
have attached some url links too (published by Times of India and other
renowned websites) to support their version. Ofcourse, kinda confusing
issue, isn't it ? If you search Malala Day in google, you will get 2
versions. One says it is on 10th November and others says its on 12th
July. So, we felt we have to give clarity on this issue.
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced 10th November 2012 as
Malala Day, a month after Malala was shot at by the Taliban for
campaigning for girls' education in Pakistan to support her and her
fight for education. 12 July 2013 is Malala Yousafzai’s 16th birthday.
She celebrated this day at UN with her family. On this day, she
delivered a wonderful speech at the UN to call for worldwide access to
education. It was her first public speech since the attack. So the UN
has officially announced 12th July as Malala Day.
Bottom Line : Initially UN announced 10th November as Malala Day, but now the date has been changed to Malala's Birthday (12th July).