Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan as she left school in 2012, warned a united nations general assembly that ""we cannot make compromises on the protection of women's rights."" Speaking virtually on the panel for supporting a future for girls' education in Afghanistan, Malala, 23, said ""now is the time that we stick to that commitment and ensure that the rights of Afghan women are protected. And one of those important rights is the right to education. (c) 2021 Thomson Reuters, unless otherwise identified.