Malala meets Greta Thunberg at Oxford University

LONDON: Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg met Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai at the University of Oxford on Tuesday and posed for a photo together.

Malala is a student at the University of Oxford. The 22-year-old posted a photo on Instagram of herself and Thunberg sitting on a bench with their arms around each other, with a caption “Thank you, @gretathunberg” and a heart emoji.

Thunberg, aged 17, is in the United Kingdom to join a school strike in Bristol on Friday. Both young girls shot to worldwide fame after standing up for major global issues, climate change and women’s education.

 

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Thank you, @gretathunberg. ❤️

A post shared by Malala (@malala) on Feb 25, 2020 at 7:09am PST

This is not the first time Yousafzai has praised Thunberg. In September, the Nobel laureate tweeted that she felt “so happy to see that young women around the world are leading the climate movement”.

“Thank you to girls like @GretaThunberg for using your voice, speaking truth to power – and encouraging other young people to do the same,” she wrote.

Thunberg became a household name after skipping school in Sweden to protest against climate change, while Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan for campaigning for girls to be allowed to go to school.

In 2014, Malala became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her advocacy of education. She became a global symbol of women’s resilience in the face of oppression. Thunberg has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 and 2020.