The continuing battle for girls' education in Pakistan
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Women and girls around the world need and deserve a just education for a better future. Unfortunately, the disparity in education between girls and boys continues to grow in Pakistan.
However, the lower class of Karachi are beginning to realise the importance of education. They send their young girls to school and emphasise on getting them educated as much as they force them to learn stitching, cooking and other house-hold chores.
Here are few pictures taken in a government school in Nazimabad, Karachi.
– Photographs by Mahrukh Mansoor. You can see her photography here.
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May 30, 2014 02:07am
God bless those children. When you educate a girl, you educate a would be family.
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Jun 02, 2014 11:32am
Guys...I feel very emotional to see these young little faces. They must study well and become doctors, engineers, architects and software professionals... Very sad that 100's of girls schools have been demolished by god loving people...
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