By Brianne Hogan / Source: Ecorazzi

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TOMS is teaming up with Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai to help girls across the world get the education they deserve.

Together, the shoe brand and the Malala Fund, which works to secure girls’ right to a minimum of 12 years of quality education, has created a red-and-yellow patterned scarf printed with one of the Yousafzai’s quotes: “One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.”

“I am so proud to be partnering with the Malala Fund, and the entire movement that was inspired by Malala,” TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie told PeopleStyle of the collaboration. “Too often young girls can’t go to school because they must work, or they have to marry, or many times there is too much violence around their schools. This movement is committed to supporting the rights of all girls globally to have access to 12 years of safe and quality education. All of us at TOMS are honored to be able to partner with the Malala Fund and help provide education to girls around world.”

The scarf will cost $48, of which TOMS is donating 100 percent of the net proceeds (about $10 and $15 per scarf) to the fund. The brand also said it will donate a minimum of $10,000.

Of the fashionable collaboration, Yousafzai told People, “It’s a scarf girls and women can wear all over the world from the U.S. to Pakistan, whether as a fashion accessory or a beautiful headscarf or hijab. Any girl or woman can wear it, however she wishes, to show her support for girls’ education globally. But most importantly, TOMS is giving 100 percent of the profits from every scarf to the Malala Fund to empower girls through education and I am so grateful for that.”

Already the scarf has been seen on Anna Faris, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Octavia Spencer.

And with the January blues in full effect, it’s the perfect accessory to brighten your day — not to mention a young girl’s.

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