Public event Malala's Vision: Gender No Barrier to Education
Media Release
.jpg)
The Hague, 6 December 2012
Public event Malala’s Vision: Gender No Barrier to Education
“Education helps fight forces of extremism and intolerance”- Pakistan Ambassador to The Netherlands
Gender Concerns International in collaboration with the Embassy of Pakistan to the Netherlands will hold a public event on Human Rights Day, Monday 10 December, Malala’s Vision:Gender No Barrier to Education. The event from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. at The House of Europe, Korte Vijverberg 5/6 is a tribute to the courage of 15 year old Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai who was shot and wounded by the Taliban for advocating girls education as a right.
Girls make up the majority of the world’s 61 million out-of-school children and are less likely than boys to enter or complete school.
Director of Gender Concerns International , Sabra Bano said the event had been initiated in cooperation with The Embassy of Pakistan to the cause of all those children of primary school age who are being denied their basic rights to education.
She said 10 December had been chosen for the event not only because it is Human Rights Day but it also marked two months since Malala was shot. “We have invited experts in gender, education and from the diplomatic community to discuss how to realistically reach the 2015 UN Millennium goal on universal primary school education and eliminate gender barriers that could prevent this happening,” she said.
”The key speaker Pakistan’s Ambassador to The Netherlands, HE Fauzia Mazhar Sana said: “The Government of Pakistan welcomes the voices of solidarity with Malala Yousafzai. Pakistan strongly supports the right of every girl child to education.
“We firmly believe that education promotes the values of tolerance and paves the way for progress and prosperity. It also helps fight forces of extremism and intolerance The tragic attack on Malala has further strengthened the resolve of the people of Pakistan to fight the menace of extremism and terrorism.”
For more information: lyn@genderconcerns.org