Women rights: Female student from Faisalabad to speak at UN

Rabia Faridi will be the second Pakistani woman to address the UN after Malala Yousafzai.

FAISALABAD: Rabia Faridi, an MSc student at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, will be speaking at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly next month, Express News reported on Wednesday.

She will be giving a speech on the rights of women.

Faridi will be the second Pakistani woman to address the UN after student activist Malala Yousafzai.

"I have to represent Pakistan. It is a huge responsibility," remarked Faridi.

She added that she could not believe that she was given the opportunity to speak at the UN platform.

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The vice chancellor of her university stated that he was proud of his students who were capable of moving forward competitively.

Earlier, Faridi had delivered a speech on the same issue in Islamabad where former British Prime Gordon Brown, who is also the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, was the chief guest.