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Expanding girls' access to quality education in Pakistan

Pakistan

UNESCO | 21 Nov 2018

UNESCO and the Government of Pakistan launched the Malala Funds-in-Trust for Girls’ Right to Education Programme to increase access to and improve the quality of girls’ primary education in most marginalized districts in Pakistan. Since 2015 and by 2019, over 40,000 out of primary school girls are to be reached through capacity-building and targeted interventions at both institutional and community levels.