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Cannes Lions Honors Malala Yousafzai for Raising Girls' Education as a Global Issue

The activist noted the moral good of supporting women's rights in language that resonates with advertisers

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Lions chairman Philip Thomas cited Yousafzai's "creative leadership" of her Malala Fund.Cannes Lions
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By David Kaplan

May 17, 2022

Malala Yousafzai has received numerous accolades since she attracted the world’s attention for facing down the Taliban’s draconian prohibition against women’s education in her Pakistani town. The Nobel Peace Prize winner can now add another acknowledgment to her list: the 2022 Cannes LionHeart.

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David is Adweek's performance marketing and brand marketing editor.

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