Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousufzai to visit Taiwan

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 17, 2015
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Pakistani campaigner for female education and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousufzai

Staff writer, with CNA

Staff writer, with CNA

is to visit Taiwan, possibly in August, according to a government-funded foundation that has invited her.

Taiwan Foundation for Democracy president Huang Teh-fu (黃德福) yesterday said that Yousufzai has accepted the foundation’s invitation.

The foundation is planning to award her a prize in recognition of her contributions to society, Huang said during a legislative committee hearing, in response to questions from lawmakers on which international visitors the foundation plans to invite to Taiwan.     [FULL  STORY]

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