Global Malala Day (EDM368)

Global Malala Day

EDM number 368 in 2013-14, proposed by Andrew Stephenson on 08/07/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Asia, Schools and Sex discrimination.

That this House reiterates its condemnation of the cowardly and cruel shooting of Malala Yousafzai and her two friends in Pakistan in October 2012; notes that Malala was targeted for her courage in campaigning against the Taliban and for education as a basic right for girls; further notes that over 60 million children across the world are denied the right to education; commends staff at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital for their successful treatment of Malala and her recovery from her injuries; further commends Plan's Because I am a Girl campaign to end gender discrimination in education; congratulates Malala on leading the first ever youth takeover of the United Nations General Assembly in New York city on 12 July 2013, her 16th birthday; welcomes 12 July as Global Malala Day; and wishes Malala the very best on her 16th birthday.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew Stephenson	08/07/2013	Pendle	Conservative	Proposed
Margaret Ritchie	08/07/2013	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Bob Russell	08/07/2013	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Michael Connarty	08/07/2013	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	08/07/2013	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	08/07/2013	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	08/07/2013	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Shannon	09/07/2013	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Julian Lewis	09/07/2013	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	09/07/2013	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Jim Dobbin	10/07/2013	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	10/07/2013	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	10/07/2013	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	10/07/2013	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/07/2013	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/07/2013	Gower	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	10/07/2013	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/07/2013	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	10/07/2013	North Down	Independent	Signed
David Simpson	10/07/2013	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Alan Meale	11/07/2013	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/07/2013	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	16/07/2013	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	16/07/2013	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	17/07/2013	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kevin Barron	17/07/2013	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	17/07/2013	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Weatherley	02/09/2013	Hove	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Roy	11/09/2013	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	29/10/2013	Belfast North	DUP	Signed

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