Malala goes to Nigeria to highlight missing Girls on 17th birthday

July 14, 2014 16:20

Malala, the girl who became a symbol for women's rights after being attacked by the Taliban for attending school, flew to Nigeria this weekend to help draw attention to the missing Nigerian school girls.

The teenager spent her 17th birthday talking to the families of the missing schoolgirls, who were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram.

"I thought It would be good to go to Nigeria because they are suffering and they need someone to raise up their voice and they love education," the teenager told ABC News. "I want to support them."

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