This week, leaders from around the world will convene in New York at the United Nations to launch the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), an ambitious plan to end poverty that includes 17 goals from eliminating hunger to building more sustainable cities to providing a quality education for every child.[…]
Getting and Keeping Girls in School
Jamila Razzaq, Pakistan
Dr. Razzaq is the education advisor for the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan, which has promoted girls’ education for decades through its schools that educate more than 30,000 students, including the Diamond Jubilee Schools in Northern Pakistan that were established for girls and that employ girl-friendly teaching. She is currently an Echidna scholar at Brookings researching how community-based education models could improve girls’ education in Pakistan.
“In Pakistan, I work and live close to the contexts where girls cannot access education.They are denied their basic right to education due to conflicts, fragility of the security situation, culture, tradition or utter poverty… As the issues are multiple, so should be the solutions. My passion is to find solutions and create options for these girls.”Learn more about the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan.
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