Despite the risks, Afghan women and girls continue to use their voice to fight for their rights — to learn, to work, to choose a future for themselves. On #InternationalWomensDay, we’re highlighting their experiences, hopes and calls to action.

“When young women speak up, we’re brave. When we succeed, we’re inspiring. Yet our voices, though louder and more lauded than ever, remain sidelined.” On #IWD2022, read Malala Yousafzai’s guest essay for The Economist 👇 econ.st/3IY3QUQ

“There's nothing special about me. The only thing that’s different in my story is that my father did not stop me.” To mark #IWD2022, Malala Yousafzai and Zanny Minton Beddoes discuss how to improve the lives of girls everywhere

Guys my dad has become such a tweeter 🥲 I’m so proud.

It was absolutely time for my first ever 10/10 in the player ratings Jordan Lee Pickford. Faultless. Stunning. Heroic. #EFC liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football…

Climate Strike in India today. Taliban banned girl child to attend school in Afghanistan. This is unacceptable. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn Malala Yousafzai Malala Fund

My man Dominic Calvert-Lewin 💙 #Everton #Arsenal #charmcitymatch

I don’t know how my twitter’s become a #dcl and #pickford fan account, but it has 💀 don’t even care about football just these two men.

Top 10 worst mistakes: going to #wegmans hungry.

Relationship is a weird way to spell centuries of colonialism and imperialism

Don’t think people in the replies understand the smartness of this tweet.

The harsh reality for Afghan girls! #LetAfghanGirlsLearn 🇦🇫 Deema Hiram Ziauddin Yousafzai UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett Transforming Education Summit United Nations António Guterres Heather Barr Malala Yousafzai ABN Pashto Amu TV KABUL NEWS @Pajhwok1 Samira Hamidi Human Rights Watch OIC سماحة الإمام يوسف القرضاوي UNESCO-UIL assembly.malala.org/stories/the-ha…

A Year of Darkness A message from 50 Afghan girls to heads of Muslim countries and world leaders #LetAfghanGirlsLearn 🇦🇫 United Nations António Guterres Transforming Education Summit Heather Barr Human Rights Watch UN SDG Action Campaign Education 2030 UN Human Rights Council Global Education Monitoring Report UNESCO @SDGintegration Amnesty International South Asia, Regional Office FIDH UN Sustainable Development Group 🇺🇳

“Every morning when you wake up, there is an ambitious, young, brilliant Afghan girl who is denied her most basic human right [education]…they deserve everything that other girls in this world deserve.” — Aydin Sahba in a conversation about the crisis in Afghanistan #unga

On Monday at 10:30 am eastern time, I’m speaking in front of world leaders at United Nations and urging them to protect the rights of girls in Afghanistan — who remain out of school, with an uncertain future. Let’s hope they’ll listen. Watch me Live. media.un.org/en/asset/k12/k…

Later today Afghan student Somaya Faruqi and Malala Yousafzai speak in front of world leaders at the United Nations, along with climate activist @vanessa_vash and Ukrainian student Yelizaveta Posivnych. Catch them here at 10:30 am ET: mala.la/3dnq3Rp. Pictured: some practice time 💙

10-year-old me — who watched her first #WorldCup in 2002 and *dreamed* of an Asian country winning it all — is so damn happy right now. Please please please please let it be this year 🥹🥹🥹🥹 🇰🇷🇯🇵

Found socks on sofa, asked Asser Malik if they were his, he said the socks were dirty and I can put them away. So I took them and put them in the (rubbish) bin.