By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:48 EST, 10 November 2012 | UPDATED: 13:02 EST, 10 November 2012 People around the world are uniting for 'Malala and the 32 million girls day' in honour of injured Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai as part of a global day of action for girls' education. It is part of a drive led by former prime minister Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education. He has presented a petition to Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari, along with one million signatures from Pakistan, demanding free and compulsory education. Malala Yousafzai, 15, reads at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham as she recovers from being shot
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Former prime minister Gordon Brown, who is leading the drive, has presented a petition to Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari
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British schoolboy David Crone, 17, will hand in a petition to the Pakistani authorities in London as part of a global day of action for girls' education
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Today marks exactly one month since education campaigner and schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, 15, was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman
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