Malala's father named as UN Advisor on education

The father of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban for advocating girls' right to education, has been named as the Special UN Advisor on Global Education.

The announcement was made by Gordon Brown, who is the United Nations' Special Envoy for Global Education. He said that once the 15-year-old school girl, who is currently in London, gets well, she too will join the campaign. "Ziauddin Yousafzai, Malala's father, will become my special advisor on global education.
"His unique qualities -- a teacher and headteacher as well as a parent who has had to struggle against opposition to girls' education and the closing of schools -- makes him ideally suited to leading in our educational effort to get all to school," Brown said.