Meghan Markle and Prince Harry synergy with Malala to mark International Day of the lady

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will join activist Malala Yousafzai in marking International Day of the lady on Sunday, October 11.

The trio will synergy for a virtual conversation that will be streamed online on malala.org, in addition to the Malala Fund's social media platforms and YouTube channel. Topics includes the value of a girl’s to a fair education, and why the Covid-19 outbreak has includes a disproportionate influence on education opportunities for young women around the world.

Nearly 130 million girls were out of school prior to the pandemic begun - and it is estimated an additional 20 million girls may have their education cut short due to it, in line with the Malala Fund.

The not-for-profit organisation has been attempting to make sure that girls continue learning through the Covid-19 crisis, and is investing yet another $3 million in grants to education organisations in the countries where it works.

Earlier this year, Malala graduated from Oxford University, having survived being shot in the top by a Taliban gunman at age 15 in her native Pakistan. She continued to be the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2014.

Markle has long campaigned for female education and sometimes spoken out about how exactly a lack of usage of education may be the single most significant barrier to gender equality. In celebration of Prince Harry’s birthday in September, the couple donated $130,000 to Camfed, a pan-African nonprofit that supports the education of young women and girls.

“When a woman is empowered it changes absolutely everything in the community,” Markle has said.