Lanceringen af et nyt initiativ, der skal sikre pigers uddannelse i et land, hvor de fleste ikke går i skole, kom i hus i december 2010.
Pakistan er hærget af både natur- og menneskeskabte katastrofer, 10.000 skoler er ødelagte og næsten 2.900 skoler huser internt fordrevne.
I dette scenarie vil Pakistan Girls’ Education Initiative (PGEI) sikre, at pigerne kommer i skole som et vigtigt led i landets fremtidige udvikling.
Before an audience of 300,National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza welcomed the establishment of PGEI as a “step towards creating effective alliances of committed partners at the international, federal and provincial levels in order to create an enabling educational environment, where girls, as well as boys, can flourish and unleash their untapped potential.”
Pigers skolegang fører til udvikling
“World development models have shown that by educating their women, nations have succeeded in minimizing the maternal and infant mortality risks, improved the community health structures, created employments, enhanced economic returns and transformed human settlements into peaceful, self-respecting and progressive societies,” Ms. Mirza said.
Head of the UNGEI Secretariat Cheryl Gregory Faye said that PGEI was the outcome of the effective participation of the Pakistan delegation in UNGEI’s 10th anniversary conference, “Engendering Empowerment: Education and Equality,” held in May 2010 in Dakar, Senegal, and its dynamic membership in the drafting committee of the Dakar Declaration on Accelerating Girls’ Education and Gender Equality, the first global declaration on girls’ education.
“Through the PGEI network – with its enhanced capability for information sharing, building partnerships among key stakeholders, policy advocacy and assistance to the government of Pakistan in its response to emergencies – our hope is that each child in Pakistan, girl and boy alike, will complete a high quality education,” Ms. Faye said.
