New US – Pakistan partnership to advance girls’ education

GPE media coverage - October 22, 2015

Girls in school in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Photo: Vicki Francis/Department for International Development

A statement made earlier this week by Congressman Ted W. Lieu (who also authored an op-ed this past June calling for a historic level of Congressional funding for the Global Partnership for Education) referenced the White House’s announcement of a new partnership between the United States and Pakistan to help educate and empower more than 200,000 additional adolescent girls across Pakistan.

Read the whole article on Congressman Lieu's website

Focus areas: Gender equality

Regions and countries: South Asia; Pakistan

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