Pakistani Canadian Teen Activist Twins Advocate for Girls' Education at G7 Summit

Written by Chelby Daigle

Published in News

Maryam and Nivaal Rehman, 16 year old activist vloggers, joined the Malala Fund at the G7 Summit in Whistler, BC.

According to the Malala Fund, "Current spending on education is less than half of what is needed to see every child in school. To begin closing the gap, Malala Fund wants G7 leaders — presidents and prime ministers from the seven wealthiest nations — to pledge a combined $1.3 billion in foreign aid to educating girls for a full 12 years when they meet next week in Canada."

The twins interviewed the CEO of the World Bank, Kristalina Georgina, Canada's Finance Minister, Bill Moreau, and Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, about their committments to funding girls' education.

View the interviews below.

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

Bill Morneau, Canada’s Finance Minister

Kristalina Georgieva, CEO of the World Bank

Check out highlights from Maryam and Nivaal's trip.

Chelby Daigle

Chelby Marie Daigle is Muslim Link’s Editor in Chief and Coordinator. Under her direction, Muslim Link adopted its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy so that the website strives to reflect the complexity of Muslim communities in Canada. She knows that she fails to do justice to this complexity every day but she will continue to try to improve as she recognizes the frustration of being both marginalized in the mainstream and also marginalized in Muslim communities. As Coordinator, she works to build relationships with Muslim and mainstream organizations and manages the website's social media, event listings, and directories. She organizes regular Muslim Link gatherings. She also works closely with the Publisher to find ways to keep Muslim Link sustainable. Find her on Twitter @ChelbyDaigle