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The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai is currently in South Africa to deliver the 21st Nelson Mandela Lecture.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation says her remarks will centre on the Taliban's systemic oppression of women and girls in Afghanistan and raise the visibility of a growing effort to expand the definition of apartheid to include gender-based oppression.
In Afghanistan, a system of gender apartheid prevents girls from going to school, keeps women from participating in most facets of public life, and threatens their well-being.
In a dialogue following the annual lecture, Malala and a panel of activists will reflect on lessons from South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and Nelson Mandela’s legacy within it and highlight calls to action from Afghan women and girls for a more robust global response.
On Tuesday, Malala started her visit to the Apartheid Museum, which she called a truly humbling and eye-opening experience.
Heita from South Africa ???????????? My trip began with a moving tour of the Apartheid Museum, a truly humbling and eye-opening experience and one that helps prepare me for the reason I came to Johannesburg: to deliver the @NelsonMandela Annual Lecture. pic.twitter.com/soi7M9CN8p
— Malala Yousafzai (@Malala) December 5, 2023
Malala became the world's youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her work as an activist which made her the target of an assassination attempt.
On 9 October 2012, Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban while on a bus from school.
She was struck in the head by a bullet and survived the ordeal
Nelson Mandela died 10 years ago on 5 December 2013, a year after Malala was shot.
