The youngest Nobel Prize winner “Malala Yousafzai,” tells Expo that education should not be denied to young girls anywhere in the world, and further, she added that the world needs to listen to women and girls.

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist who believes that a country could only flourish when women grow.

She spoke at the Women’s Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai on Friday, ahead of Internation Women’s Day on March 8.

According to Malala Yousafzai, more than 127 million girls are still not allowed to take education. My mission will remain the same for those girls who got access to safe, accessible, quality education.

“I strongly believe in the voice of girls. I want us to listen to young girls and women around the globe. I want them to listen carefully, not just to sit here and share stories in the world but also to participate in these conversations with them.

“These women also need to be present in the room where discussion is going on related to career so that they can also participate actively in that conversation.”

She further said that just ensuring girls had access to education would boost the global economy by $30 trillion.

“If the world needs to change, they have to believe in it,” said Ms Yousafzai.

“I strongly believe in the fact that one day there will be zero girls who would be out of school.”

When Ms Yousafzai was just 17 in 2014, she won the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy for women having access to education.

She said that we could ignore that people faced discrimination against their gender.

“If you look at Afghanistan where secondary schools girls have no right to take education, we should not be living in this world.”

She also believes that girls can learn a lot when visiting the pavilions and picture themselves in leadership roles.

“In the end, she said that this is the message I want to give to the future generation girls and boys that they can do anything and gender should not come in education in any role they aspire to.”