By Invitation | International Women’s Day

Malala Yousafzai explains why girls must be free to learn—and to lead

The Nobel peace-prize laureate is By Invitation’s first guest editor. She introduces her series on girls’ education

This article is part of our Summer reads series, which also includes:
* Lithuania’s prime minister on the predictability of Russia’s invasion
* A young Afghan woman on breaking free of the burqa
* Herman Narula on why the metaverse matters

This article appeared in the By Invitation section of the print edition under the headline “Malala Yousafzai explains why girls must be free to learn—and to lead”

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