Nobel Peace Prize laureate and girls education campaigner Malala Yousafzai will be the keynote speaker at this year's Social Bite dinner
Girls’ education activist and youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate to speak at Social Bite dinner on 13 March 2019 in Edinburgh.
The Edinburgh International Conference Centre dinner will be a thank you for Sleep in the Park 2018’s biggest fundraisers.
Malala will also visit Social Bite’s restaurant, Vesta, for a private lunch with key supporters.
Malala follows in footsteps of George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in visiting the social enterprise
The visit will mark the launch of the charity’s 2019 campaign, with details to be announced on the day of the event.
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. She is known for as a human rights advocate and for campaigning for girls education in the Swat Valley, where she grew up and where the local Taliban have at times banned girls from attending school.
In 2012, while on a bus home after taking an exam, Malala and two other girls were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt in response to her activism. The attack led to an international outcry. The 21-year-old now lives in Birmingham.
