Aahung - Empowering Adolescents in Pakistan through Life Skills-based Education

Pakistan is the world's sixth most populous country with a population of 180 million. It is among those countries that have made the least progress towards reaching MDG 2, 4 and 5 on child education, child health, and maternal and reproductive health respectively (UN 2014). The low education status of girls is one of the biggest challenges facing Pakistan, with almost 250 million children out of school. There is a wide gender disparity in education and only 19.3 percent of adult women reach the secondary level, compared to 46.1 percent of their male counterparts (Ailaan 2014). Girls are twice as likely to drop out of school or college compared to boys (Farid-ul-Hasnain and Krantz 2011)...

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