Pakistan

"...Overall out of 40 million children, 22 million are out of school. Pakistan's full time child labour force comes from these 22 million children. These include working children, girls, children with disabilities and children from the poorest families."
Extract from CEF Pakistan Strategy Paper

For more information on CEF Pakistan please click on the links below:

CEF Pakistan Summary	(186Kb)
CEF Pakistan: Context and Achievements (May 2005)	(30Kb)
Pakistan Strategy Paper (2005-2007)	(221Kb)
Pakistan Strategy Paper (2003-2005)	(248Kb)

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is a national NGO working to raise awareness and lobby for human rights since 1986. HRCP is working to carry out training at the local level for tracking education budgets and expenditure and to lobby for more funds and better utilisation at the provincial and national level.
Manual for Tracking the Education Budget, July 2005	(181Kb)
A Guide to Participatory Budget Analysis for Primary Education 2005	(239Kb)
The Education Budget in Pakistan, October 2004	(197Kb)
Status of Primary Education after Devolution, October 2004	(1.05Mb)
Status of primary education and funding in Pakistan - district findings, October 2004	(1.88Mb)

CEF partner, Sindh Education Foundation, has created a website focusing on Education for All (EFA).

Alliance for Education Development (AfED) is a network of six organisations with the shared strategy of promoting education development in Pakistan. AfED held an international conference on Local Governance, Texts and Contexts: Perspectives from South Asia 1-2 February 2006. Conference website.

Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives. Website.