LONDON – Nearly 22.5 million of Pakistan’s children are out of school withthe majority of them girls, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a reportreleased today.
The 111-page report titled “Shall I Freed My Daughter, or Educate Her?:Barriers to Girls’ Education in Pakistan” concluded that many children haveno access to education, including because of shortage of governmentschools, especially for girls.
The report said thirty-two percent of primary school age girls are out ofschool in Pakistan, compared with 21 percent of boys as by ninth grade,only 13 percent of girls are still in school.
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“The Pakistan government’s failure to educate children is having adevastating impact on millions of girls,” said Liesl Gerntholtz, women’srights director at Human Rights Watch. “Many of the girls we interviewedare desperate to study, but instead are growing up without the educationthat would help them have options for their future.”
