Princess Yousafzai was shot by Taliban simply because she refused to go to school . Brown : Children 's plight highlights need for education millions of children face . Condoleezza Rice : Education the ` ` civil rights issue of our generation '' For decades we have assumed the inevitability of the forward march of education , the inexorable year-on-year , continent-by-continent progress towards universal education . Nations also must work harder to end child marriage , enforce laws against child marriage .
Princess Yousafzai was shot by Taliban simply because she refused to go to school . Brown : Children 's plight highlights need for education millions of children face . Condoleezza Rice : Education the ` ` civil rights issue of our generation '' Nations also must work harder to end child marriage , enforce laws against child marriage .