Malala Yousafzai is an advocate for women's right to education.
Malala Yousafzai . Since recovering , Yousafzai became a prominent education activist . The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions , including the International Covenant on Economic , Social and Cultural Rights which recognises a right to free , compulsory primary education for all , an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all , in particular by the progressive introduction of free secondary education , as well as an obligation to develop equitable access to higher education , ideally by the progressive introduction of free higher education .