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This International Women’s Day, Malala Yousafzai, education campaigner, Nobel laureate and co-founder of Malala Fund will become the first-ever guest editor of By Invitation, The Economist’s online guest-essay section. Gain inspiration from her remarkable insights and stories by other world-changing women on our dedicated hub.

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