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Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai are coming to Pakistan to promote STEAM education for girls

Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai are coming to Pakistan to promote STEAM education for girls

The Malala Fund co-founders will also introduce a new fellowship to facilitate training courses for teachers.
13 Dec, 2022

Malala Fund co-founders Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai are set to arrive in Lahore this week. There are several things on their agenda, including promoting access to science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education for young girls and a fellowship programme that trains teachers in Pakistan.

During their stay here, they will be speaking to key stakeholders in education, government, the development community, media, digital cultural creators, students and youth, along with advocates from the Malala Fund Education Champion Network and partners.

The co-founders will join an academic delegation from the Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP) and the Malala Fund team, across a series of events, to increase awareness of the OPP within Pakistan, with focus on science education for Pakistani girls. The promotion of secondary school-aged girls’ access to STEAM education is a major pillar of the Malala Fund in Pakistan, who are currently working with the Ministry of Federal Education to implement an ambitious programme on STEAM education to reform 13,000 government high schools across Pakistan.

During this trip, Malala will also highlight work with the OPP, an initiative led by her alma mater. The OPP initiative aims to bridge Oxford and Pakistan’s academic communities, including a newly established fellowship with Malala Fund, Lady Margaret Hall (LMH), the OPP and Oxford’s Department of Education. The Malala Visiting Fellowship in Education will facilitate teacher training courses in Pakistan to address the shortage of trained teachers, especially women, in Pakistan.  

The co-founders will meet up with thought leaders, students, academia and activists across a series of events, including panels and round tables with both emerging and established voices, for a greater view on Pakistan’s present and future.

While in Lahore, Malala and Ziauddin will also hold a meeting with the chief minister of Punjab with a focus on education and the work of the Malala Fund in Pakistan.

Malala last visited Pakistan in October to meet with young women and families from flood-impacted communities in Sindh and to call on the international community to increase aid to Pakistan. During the trip, Malala announced Malala Fund’s commitment to pledge $700,000 (Rs154 million) to organisations in Pakistan to support flood relief.

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NYS Dec 13, 2022 12:14pm
Acing the institution bonding concerted efforts in educational field, make you perspective girl ... Now the choice is at your end
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Tahir Raouf Dec 13, 2022 12:19pm
Did she ever praised the institution, who first saved her from being handicapped
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Zahid Dec 13, 2022 12:49pm
Are they travelling on Pakistani or British passport ?
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Dec 13, 2022 12:53pm
Is STEAM a copy of STEM?
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Johnw Dec 13, 2022 01:00pm
It's really noteworthy what they are doing for the country despite receiving hate and abuse from the population.
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Gamer Dec 13, 2022 01:27pm
Malala will be speaking to key stakeholder- who? Illiterate mullas?
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Rizwan Dec 13, 2022 01:28pm
Joke of the century
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Shoaib manzoor Dec 13, 2022 01:37pm
We don't need you and your education.
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CarelessWhispers Dec 13, 2022 01:43pm
Publicity Stunt, they need something to be in NEWS>.
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Shaun Dec 13, 2022 02:22pm
Malala Yousafzai is coming to Pakistan, please have the RED Carpet ready for her. She has plenty of dollars.
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Usman Dec 13, 2022 02:24pm
Carrying Western agenda.
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Taj Ahmad Dec 13, 2022 02:49pm
Like father like daughter, Welcome home sweet home.
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Mahmood Dec 13, 2022 02:53pm
Sounds more like Self-promotion and publicity stunt! No benefit for Pakistan at all from her good-fortunes and fame. Their visit and extra burden on security, expense and organization is not worth it, while your own soldiers are getting slaughtered at the border, children are raped and murderers go free!
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Armagan Dec 13, 2022 03:22pm
@Shoaib manzoor who elected you to speak for all Pakistanis? She has done more for Pakistan and its people by funding children's education and changing their lives than people like you will ever achieve in 100 lifetimes.
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Taimur Khan Dec 13, 2022 03:53pm
Why do people criticise malala? In our dreams even we cannot raise 154 M for Pakistan! She is raising awareness for girls education....brand her a traitor....she is funding welfare and health projects...she must be an agent of nefarious organisations....she won a nobel prize....she must be hand in glove with international conspirators....please!!!
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Asif Dec 13, 2022 04:04pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad , STEAM is extended version of STEM. A stands for arts and the idea is to add some soft skills along with other subjects.
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AHAQ Dec 13, 2022 04:07pm
Another attempt on creating distraction from real economic problems of Pakistan
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Raheel Dec 13, 2022 04:08pm
Why is she silent on Kashmir and Palestine?
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Mamta didi Dec 13, 2022 04:22pm
@CarelessWhispers You never complain when your top politicians are involved in publicity stunts
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LOL Dec 13, 2022 05:08pm
She going to make Pakistan great again.
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Ghani K Dec 13, 2022 05:45pm
Malala spare us, you don't belong here anymore.
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Sana Dec 13, 2022 05:55pm
Apparently the first thing she has done, in her life, for promotion of education in Pakistan...
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Jigen.m19 Dec 13, 2022 06:01pm
Please don’t come and save the planet some carbon emissions. Your presence is worthless
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Bunny Dec 13, 2022 06:30pm
she promised agirls school in her home town nearly a decade back ? is this her idea of educating her town girls ?
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Naya Pakistani Dec 13, 2022 07:28pm
Well done! I hope people put their jealousy and sarcastic natures aside and understand how much Pakistan needs in education and every little help is appreciated.
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Razak Dec 13, 2022 07:28pm
More drama to exploit Pakistan, lower our image in the west to enable a giant money making scheme / scam by father and daughter !! These are funds that could have gone directly to our schools but now these people take a cut. Why are these scamsters even allowed into our country?
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M. Siddique Dec 13, 2022 07:42pm
Long live Malala. Thank you for your efforts.
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M. Siddique Dec 13, 2022 07:43pm
@Tahir Raouf , She did. Please don't be sarcastic in a noble cause.
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M. Siddique Dec 13, 2022 07:44pm
@Zahid, why it matters which passport she is using. Go for the objective of education.
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M. Siddique Dec 13, 2022 07:45pm
@Shoaib manzoor , you want the population remain illiterate?
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Fawaz Dec 13, 2022 08:02pm
@Usman yes exactly! The western agenda is education! What is the eastern agenda? Poverty and illiteracy?
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asma Dec 13, 2022 08:20pm
Its called STEM... not Steam
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Khalid iqbal Dec 13, 2022 08:22pm
The money and resources will end up in the pockets of officials , buying more flats abroad .
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gt Dec 13, 2022 08:45pm
She won't be able to do any thing in Pakistan and her visit is just symbolic
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Fast comment Dec 13, 2022 09:13pm
Good to know that Malala Foundation doing wonderful job in Texas USA. The free Pre-Schools are doing an excellent job. Thanks to Malala and her generous Dad.
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Amjad Khan Dec 13, 2022 09:49pm
Her fund takes a 35% cut on these funds raised from Bill Gates and other Naive American donors. Malala and her Daddy live in a mansion in an upscale London neighborhood along with other multi-millionaires. Why do we need these middle men scamsters when the funds can go directly to our schools or local NGOs?
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BAN Dec 13, 2022 10:17pm
Pakistan has many brave highly educated patriotic women and girls..
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Chawnti Dec 13, 2022 11:25pm
Hurrah one lives in hope.
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Ibrahim S Dec 13, 2022 11:36pm
@Ghani K - Who belongs to Pakistan, bigots ?
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Aam Aadmi Dec 13, 2022 11:39pm
What does she know about STEAM subjects. Or this sudden visit is only for collecting money.
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Zain Sayed Dec 14, 2022 01:20am
What she has done for Pakistan. No one else has. She wants the 110 million women of Pakistan to be educated. That would double our revenue stream and get Pakistan out of its current economic mess. Her haters are none other then the Taliban (the real ones and the ones under cover)
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Zain Sayed Dec 14, 2022 01:29am
Malala has done more for Pakistan then any one alive. Her haters are the taliban, the pro taliban and the undercover taliban. they just cannot see educated women who outperform men in every field. That is the fear that haunts them.
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ukasha rajpoot Dec 14, 2022 02:05am
Brave girl of Pakistan. Most people are biased towards her, that is okay also, we are raised that way. She is lucky to survive the attack and lucky to fight it and went through a lot and she deserved it. The world listens to her, does not matter if we the few people criticize her. More power to you girl.
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pontifex Dec 14, 2022 03:19am
@Gamer Are you literate? Prove it ,
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Altin Dec 14, 2022 03:29am
@Taimur Khan "Why do people criticise malala? " Because people are aware that what she has is tainted.
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Mirza (UC Berkeley) Dec 14, 2022 04:33am
Non-profit is also a business. These scamsters are waiting to be exposed soon. Middle men commissions and upscale London based foreign NGOs do more harm than direct aid to local NGOs!!
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Ma Dec 14, 2022 05:04am
The father continues to cash into Malala’s fame
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TimeToMovveOn Dec 14, 2022 08:25am
Pakistan the day you love your own citizens, more than your hate for Indians, you will prosper. This kid has done so much raise awarness of girls education more than any other pakistani. Yet, she is branded a traitor without evidence. You guys are in some backward society.
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Atiq Mehta Dec 14, 2022 09:09am
She don’t care about Pakistani youth especially woman who actually want to get education so they can better themselves and be independent. She didn’t do anything to get Nobel prize plus i applause her for her efforts during extreme floods. I applause her for doing so much the country
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