Girls' education in Pakistan - Malala Yousafzai
At a Glance
14-11-2013
The European Parliament's 2013 Sakharov Prize will be awarded to 16 year old education activist Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan. Pakistan is the country with the second highest number of children out of school, according to UNESCO. Two-thirds (over 3 million) of these are girls.
At a Glance
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- access to education
- Asia and Oceania
- culture and religion
- denominational education
- dropout
- economic geography
- education
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- education statistics
- educational institution
- gender equality
- GEOGRAPHY
- honour
- LAW
- Pakistan
- position of women
- religious fundamentalism
- right to education
- rights and freedoms
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- teaching
- women's rights