Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan to promote female education
Nobel laureate and film producer Malala Yousafzai arrived in Lahore on Tuesday to hold meetings with a number of stakeholders in the education sector.
She
will also join an academic delegation from the Oxford Pakistan Programme and
the Malala Fund team to increase awareness within Pakistan regarding science
education for girls in the country.
Malala
and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai founded the Malala Fund in 2013 to promote
girls' right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. It is currently
collaborating with the Ministry of Federal Education to implement a programme
to reform 13,000 government high schools across Pakistan.
During
the trip, Malala will also draw attention to her work with the Oxford Pakistan
Programme, an initiative led by her alma mater.
The
OPP initiative aims to bridge Oxford and Pakistan’s academic communities,
including a newly established fellowship with Malala Fund, Lady Margaret Hall,
the OPP and Oxford’s Department of Education. The Malala Visiting Fellowship in
Education will facilitate teacher training courses in Pakistan to address the
shortage of trained teachers, especially women.
In
Lahore, Malala and Ziauddin are also scheduled to meet with Punjab Chief Minister
Parvez Elahi to discuss education efforts and work of the Malala Fund in
Pakistan.
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