Malala Fund

Pakistan spends trillions of rupees on education every year, yet the public has limited understanding of how this money is classified, released and ultimately spent.

@tabadlab is building the capacity of Pakistani journalists — who keep the public informed and hold decision-makers accountable — to navigate budget documents, decode classification systems and connect financing figures to real education outcomes.

33 journalists are now trained to follow the money.

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Last month at the @gpforeducation replenishment event in New York, lower-income countries committed $471 billion from their national budgets for education over five years.

The biggest threat to those commitments is debt. 113 countries are spending more on paying back loans than on their schools. And when education budgets tighten, girls are the first to lose out.

📣 We’re calling on economic leaders and lenders to treat girls’ education as part of the path out of debt crises, rather than a cost to cut.

More on girls' education as a debt solution: mala.la/macrocritical

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The debt math isn’t mathing if paying today’s bills means sacrificing girls’ futures — and the economies they’ll help strengthen.

We’re working with our partners to help unlock at least $36 billion more for education by 2030 and tackle the barriers keeping girls out of school.

What’s the balance in your country? Does your government spend more on education or debt payments?

➡️ Read our report: mala.la/macrocritical

Why is Malala Fund talking about debt? When countries spend more paying back loans, less is left for schools, and families are left with the bill.

Dr @nishatriaz of Malala Fund Pakistan explains why girls shouldn’t pay for a country’s debt: mala.la/47H1N5o.

In August, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa publicly recognised the Taliban’s oppression of women and girls as gender apartheid, a landmark moment of solidarity with Afghan women.

Issue 4 of our Gender Apartheid Brief covers an important visit to South Africa, the unsealing of ICC arrest warrants and more.

➡️ Read it: mala.la/4z4lO1G