Malala Fund’s Co-Founders Malala Yousafzai & Ziauddin Yousafzai Conclude Visit to Lahore
Co-Founders met Chief Minister Punjab, stakeholders in education and academia, media, digital cultural creators along with advocates from the Malala Fund Education Champion Network and partners.
Karachi (MNP) Malala Fund co-founders Malala Yousafzai and Ziauddin Yousafzai concluded their visit to Pakistan this week where they held a series of interactions with key stakeholders in education, government, the development community, media, digital cultural creators, students and youth, along with advocates from the Malala Fund Education Champion Network and partners.
In Lahore, Malala Fund Pakistan and its Education Champions Network held a dialogue on “Driving the Girls’ Education Agenda in Pakistan – Current Status and the Way Forward”. The objective of the dialogue was to hear girls’ voices, discuss some of the challenges that are being faced by them on ground and bring stakeholders together to put forward recommendations that bring systemic change through collective and continued efforts.
Speaking at the event, Ziauddin Yousafzai, co-founder of Malala Fund said, “Malala Fund has been operating in Pakistan for 7 years. With our partners, we work to change policy in favour of girls’ education, hold leaders accountable to their commitments on education and amplify girls’ voices. It brings me great pride to see the achievements and partnerships we have made.”
The dialogue was attended by more than 50 participants, including parliamentarians, representatives of the government, NGOs, academia, education experts and school girls, including Mehnaz Akber Aziz, Parliamentary Secretary Law and Justice; Convenor Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights and Co-Chair International Parliamentary Education Network, Manzar Javed Ali, Managing Director, Punjab Education Foundation, Izzah Farrukh, Senior Education Specialist, The World Bank, Dr Omar Mukhtar Khan, Education Governance Expert, Baela Jamil, CEO, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi, Haroon Yasin, Co-founder and CEO, Taleemabad and Imama Moin Owaisi, Senior Project Officer, Science Fuse.
