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The Citizens Foundation (TCF) is a non-profit organization, and one of the largest privately owned networks of low-cost formal schools in Pakistan.The foundation operates a network of 1,833 school units, educating 280,000 students through over 13,000 teachers and principals, and over 17,400 employees. [1]
Although education for women in Pakistan is a right since 1976 there is still a sizable gender gap, specifically in higher education for women. From data collected in 2003-2004 enrollment of women in bachelor's degree programs was 43.5% as compared to their male counterparts who had an enrollment of 56.49%.
Malala Fund supports local advocates and programs to advance girls' secondary education around the world. [30] The current priority countries for Malala Fund are Afghanistan, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey.
The Ministry of Women Affairs is required to review substantive and procedural laws that affect women. [1] Some activities undertaken by the Ministry include cottage industry projects such as bee-keeping, pottery and vegetable oil production to boost the economic empowerment of women, where the Ministry provides equipment and training to women's cooperatives.
Begum Ra'ana Laiquat Ali Khan (Founder of APWA) [1]. The All Pakistan Women's Association, or APWA, (Urdu: آل پاکستان ویمنز ایسوسی ایشن) as it is commonly known, is a voluntary, non-profit and non-political Pakistani organisation whose fundamental aim is the promotion of moral, social and economic welfare of the women of Pakistan.
Akhuwat College for Women is located in Chakwal and is an educational institute and residential facility housing women from Pakistan. Young women receive merit-based admissions with reserved seats from different provinces and administrative regions of Pakistan. [20] Akhuwat College/University
PCSW in collaboration with the Urban Unit developed a web-based Gender Management Information System (GMIS) on the status of women in Punjab province, which is an online database of sex-disaggregated data on 274 indicators across six thematic areas, including, Demographics, Governance, Health, Education, Justice, Economic Participation ...
In 1987, a workshop on the role of rural women in development was held in Abuja and led to the establishment of Better Life Program for the Rural Woman. [7] Currently the organisation has recently developed a new strategy which will be implemented over the next five years to ensure rural women in Nigeria and Africa are supported and empowered. [8]