Malala Yousafzai Makes Instagram Debut With Pics From Brazil Trip To Mark Her 21st Birthday

Nobel Prize laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai has made her debut on Instagram.

Yousafzai turned 21 on Thursday, and created an Instagram account to announce she's spending her milestone birthday in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

"Hi, Instagram! So happy to be celebrating my 21st birthday in #Brazil!" she captioned her first post.

Hi, Instagram! So happy to be celebrating my 21st birthday in #Brazil!

A post shared by Malala Yousafzai (@malala) on Jul 12, 2018 at 6:28am PDT

Malala's first trip to Brazil. "So grateful to my friends...for joining me on my first trip to #Brazil. Today we met some little ballerinas in Rio," she captioned her second post.

So grateful to my friends @elainewelteroth, @eljuanpazurita and @jeromejarre for joining me on my first trip to #Brazil. Today we met some little ballerinas in Rio.

A post shared by Malala Yousafzai (@malala) on Jul 12, 2018 at 2:21pm PDT

The activist is in Brazil meeting with local girls and hearing their personal stories along with vlogger Juanpa Zurita, humanitarian and social media celeb Jerome Jarre, and journalist Elaine Welteroth.

Yousafzai has already gained over 32,000 Instagram followers and is following six accounts, including her three travel pals, The Malala Fund, Farah Mohamed, The Malala Fund's CEO, and the National Geographic account.

So excited to finally share why I am in beautiful Brazil: ItĄ¯s #MALALADAY. This girls education activist, global humanitarian, fighter for equality, inspirational icon, and college student turns 21 today! And I could not feel more HONORED to celebrate it with her in the Afro-Brazilian + indigenous communities of Brazil where @malalafund is making its latest investment in ending the girls education crisis. Today, 1.5 million girls are denied the right to education in Brazil. 1.5million!! While that number is shocking, unfortunately itĄ¯s only a small slice of the 130 million girls globally who are facing the same injustices. The positive news is this means the goal to END the crisis in Brazil is ACHIEVABLE, and IN OUR LIFETIME. We are here meeting with the inspiring young girls and local female activists who are doing the work every day to support the most marginalized black and brown girls in Brazil. My heart is so full and I am so grateful to be on this journey with you, Malala! So much more to share but for now, pls join me in singing HAPPY BIRTHDAY (feliz anivers¨ĸrio) to this queen!!!??Oh, and letĄ¯s all welcome her to IG, which she opened up this morning as her birthday gift: @malala. ?

A post shared by Elaine Welteroth (@elainewelteroth) on Jul 12, 2018 at 5:48am PDT

Malala's birthday has also been recognised as Malala Day by United Nations, in honour of the global icon who continues to advocate for the education of girls.