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Offer an educational scholarship to a young woman in Pakistan’s tribal regions

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Offer an educational scholarship to a young woman in Pakistan’s tribal regions

Pakistan 33 Contributors Launched March 20, 2015 Funding ends:29-09-2015
Project Funded

 

On July 4, 2012, Farida Afridi was on her way to work when she was murdered in the Taliban bastion of Peshawar. She was a 25-year-old women’s rights activist, the Co-founder of W4’s Field Program, Society for Appraisal and Women Empowerment in Rural Areas (SAWERA), and her loss was a tragedy for her community and society as well as her family.

 

In the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, where conflict and insecurity are everyday realities and women are routinely denied education and participation in community decisions, Farida was a trail-blazer, bravely promoting social and economic development and peace through the protection, education, and empowerment of local women and children.

The Challenge

Pakistan is the country with the second-highest number of children out of school—and two thirds of these children (i.e., approximately 3 million) are girls. In the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, a staggering 92% of women and girls are illiterate. In 2009, the Taliban in Pakistan barred girls from attending school, an edict it enforced with indiscriminate brutality. While provincial governments in Taliban-afflicted areas of Pakistan have since increased efforts to promote girls’ education, girls’ access to schooling is still extremely limited for several reason, including ongoing extremist violence, poverty, and highly conservative influences. 

The solutions we’re proposing

In remembrance of Farida Afridi’s courage and commitment, W4 and our local field project, SAWERA, have launched an educational scholarship program in the young leader’s name. The scholarship program, providing girls and young women with educational opportunities, pays tribute to Farida’s dedicated work to respectfully challenge local patriarchal traditions in order to enable women and girls—and, thereby, entire communities—to reach their fullest potential.

 

Farida was callously robbed of her future, but her dedication to positive change will be exemplified by the success of every girl and woman who benefits from the educational opportunities that Farida devoted her life to fostering.

The impact of giving

By funding an educational scholarship for a girl or young woman, you can help her to gain the knowledge, skills, and qualifications she needs to achieve autonomy and determine her own future.

 

By funding girls and women’s education in the tribal areas, you help women to emerge as role models and agents of change in their communities, fulfilling Farida’s mission to spark community-led social and economic development and peaceful dialogue in the region.

 

 

Contributors

Jenny
United States

Jenny
United States

Jenny
United States

Jenny
United States

Anonymous
France

Zizi
United States

We are thinking of you all.

Matthew
United Kingdom

Sebastien
France

Zizi
United States

Chloë
France

Jenny
United States

Lindsey
France

Zizi
United States

Zizi's favourite program right now.

clemence
France

Brittany
France

Pauline
France

Pauline
France

Alice
United Kingdom

So grateful for the education that I received and humbled by those women who have the vision and courage to strive for one, in the face of violent opposition.

Tish
United States

Anonymous
United States

Lindsey
France

I am proud of you darling Z! Great project!

Zizi
United States

learning is freedom!

Anonymous
United States

Aurélia
France

Malala a reçu le prix Nobel de la paix pour son engagement en faveur de l'éducation des jeunes filles aujourd'hui. Ca se fête ! Soutenons les militantes pakistanaises dans leur combat pour l'éducation

Mathieu
France

Anonymous

Helene

Mathieu
France

Lindsey
France

Lindsey
France

We love SAWERA!

Gaby
France

Love this project!

Anonymous
France

Lindsey
France

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