On her visit to young women in northeastern Nigeria, Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai was greeted with cheers on Tuesday by dozens of where she spoke out for the many girls abducted under Boko Haram's deadly insurgency.

The Pakistani activist told a news agency that she was excited by the courage of the young women who are undaunted as they pursue an education amid one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

"This is part of my girl power trip, visiting many parts of the world," said Yousafzai, who also met with the freed Chibok schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction by Boko Haram more than three years ago. "I am here now because of the Nigerian girls. Fighting for them and speaking up for them.”

She highlighted the significance of her Nigeria visit as it was the partial fulfillment of what she espoused the last time she visited the land. In 2014, two years after she was shot because of her advocacy of women's education. She had pressed the then-President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure the rescue of the more than 200 abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

She also proposed the international community to address the crisis in the country's northeast.

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