girls and women who literally risk their lives to get an education. getting an education is important to the future of every girl. it s also important for awful us collectively because when men and women have the same opportunities for education, societies are better off, economies flourish. this, of course, has been one of hillary clinton s issues for decades, but malala really symbolizes the struggle and how dangerous it is for girls and women in pakistan and other parts of the world still advocating for basic human rights. that s absolutely true. of course, the whole day was organized in her name, but really it was an effort that was intended to get the international community to mobilize behind some of these global education targets. really trying to get them to say we will meet these in the next three years, and also we re going to commit the money to be able to do so. one of those targets is, of course, being able to get over 60 million school-aged children around the world w
we re back talking about the cowardly shooting of a 14-year-old. malala yousufzai who was shot by the taliban. the taliban sought to silence her an education advocate for girls. her condition has stabilized. but she and her father continue to face death threats. i m joined by an msnbc contributor and foreign policy analyst for newsweek. talk to me first about what the message this is an act certainly against malala but an act of terrorism against girls in general. what is the message the taliban was attempting to send here? the message is clear. don t dare to shape society. this is what malala was doing. this is what the women in pakistan and afghanistan start