'A test case that should not be ignored'

Growing up, Ojonwa Miachi’s parents were told not to spend on education for her and her four other siblings — all of whom are female. Her parents refused to give in to pressure, however, and were determined to give all of their five daughters the education they themselves were fortunate enough to receive.

Now, armed with an economics degree from Nigeria’s Bingham University, the 21-year-old has become a staunch advocate for education. Miachi is a Global Youth Ambassador for A World at School, an international organization that provides a digital platform for youth activism and universal education campaigns.

One of those campaigns this young education advocate is pushing for is the call to #BringBackOurGirls, a protest launched to persuade the Nigerian government to accelerate efforts to rescue the hundreds of schoolgirls still held by militant group Boko Haram.