PAGE Foundation

Pakistan Alliance for Girls Education – PAGE was launched on the sidelines of the 2013 World Innovation Summit for Education. Its inaugural meeting was held in Doha, Qatar and attended by Federal Minister of Education, KPK Minister of Education, Chair of the Higher Education Commission and representatives of Citizens Foundation and other civil society organizations. It was formally registered in June 2014, under Trust Act 1882 with registration number 1349. As a developing country, Pakistan faces many challenges which must be addressed in order for the country to prepare global citizens and compete in the global market. While we are pressed with a number of issues, education remains a key issue that still requires major intellectual and financial investment. Despite many commitments by the Federal and provincial governments, Pakistan has the 2nd highest number of out of school children. Girls are particularly challenged in accessing educational opportunities because of the physical, cultural, religious and financial barriers they face. Therefore, we have focused on creating innovative solutions to help the most marginalized and deprived overcome these barriers. We believe that both on-the- ground work to reach out and engage communities and policy-level strategic work are critical to bringing about true change. PAGE is a strategic organization working towards creating an enabling environment that ensures gender equity in quality education. PAGE acts as a platform for stakeholders, donors, policymakers and practitioners to come together and address the gender gap in education in Pakistan and to create solutions to overcome the broader challenges the education sector is facing. PAGE aspires to act as a coordinating and facilitating body between Pakistani and International Organizations to achieve efficiently the following goals.