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"Pakistani blogger, education activist and peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai drew the world's attention last week, when she was shot by Taliban militants on her trip home from school. Now an online petition in her name calling on Pakistan to reform its education policy is gaining traction.\nThe petition, called \"I Am Malala,\" is led by former British Prime Minister and U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown. It draws on the language being printed on T-shirts, posters and websites around the world, calling for the rights of all girls to receive an education. The just-launched website, Education Envoy, has amassed thousands of signatures that will be delivered to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zadari and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.\nThe petition states:\n\n\"We call on Pakistan to agree to a plan to deliver education for every child. We call on all countries to outlaw discrimination against girls. We call on international organizations to ensure the world's 61 million out of school children are in education by the end of 2015. Learn more about Malala. \nJoin us to support Malala and all girls denied school\"\n\n\nSEE ALSO: 14-Year-Old Blogger, Peace Prize Winner Shot by Taliban\nBrown writes that he will deliver a U.N. education audit Tuesday, exposing that more than 61 million children, 32 million of whom are girls, are not receiving access to education. \n\"Malala is fast being adopted as every child\u2019s sister and every parent\u2019s daughter,\" Brown says. \"For one Malala shot, there are now thousands of even younger Malalas ready to come forward. We may not yet be seeing a 2012 Asian autumn led by children to mirror the Arab spring, but the spontaneous wave of protest we are witnessing shows that children are more assertive of their right to education than the leaders who promised to deliver it.\"\nIn addition to the petition, a global community of more than 50,000 have banded together on Facebook to express support for Yousafzai. Offline, Pakistanis have rallied behind her, organizing a day of prayer, a lawyers' strke and \"chains of hope\" between cities.  \nAfter being seriously wounded by members of the Pakistani Taliban, Yousafzai was moved Monday to the UK to receive medical treatment. The Taliban have made repeated statements against the 14-year-old blogger, claiming that they will continue their attacks against her until she is killed.\n\n\nThumbnail image courtesy of Malala Yousafzai's Facebook fan page"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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