(Asghar Ali Mubarak)….
ISLAMABAD (TNS) Pakistan is set to host a historic two-day global conference on girls’ education from January 11, 2025, in collaboration with the Muslim World League.
The global conference aims to bring together a diverse group of international and national figures, including education ministers from several Islamic countries, to address and find solutions to the various challenges faced by girls in the education sector.
The conference is jointly organized by the Muslim World League (MWL) and the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training.
The main objective of the two-day conference is to explore and formulate effective strategies to activate institutional responses and ensure better allocation of resources for the promotion of girls’ education globally. The conference will be attended by eminent scholars, educationists, policymakers, and various stakeholders who will share their expertise, experiences, and best practices in the field of girls’ education. This global conference will serve as a key platform to share experiences, discuss the multifaceted challenges girls face in accessing education, and find innovative solutions to overcome these barriers. The global conference marks a significant step towards the global promotion of girls’ education, demonstrating Pakistan’s commitment to be at the forefront of this important initiative. By hosting such a significant conference, Pakistan aims to make a significant contribution to the global dialogue on education and help pave the way for a more inclusive and equitable educational landscape for girls worldwide. The conference will offer a global platform to international as well as national scholars, intellectuals, educationists, practitioners, and policymakers to engage in dialogue on women’s education in the Muslim world and suggest a way forward. The conference also proposes to address thematic areas and papers on Girls’ Education from a Religious Perspective, Education for All: The Development of Nations. Authors are invited to submit research papers on Women’s Education: Challenges and Solutions, Key Steps in Girls’ Education, Women’s Education in International Conventions, Innovative Ideas and Way Forward to Improve Gender Inclusiveness and Developing Technology to Improve Access and Quality of Girls’ Education.
The submitted papers and abstracts were reviewed by a committee, and only authors of accepted abstracts have been invited. The deadline for submitting their full papers and abstracts before the conference was 4 August 2024. Authors were requested to indicate the theme for which an abstract was to be presented. International participants were also requested to indicate their nationality. Furthermore, prospective authors were informed about the acceptance of their abstracts by 9 August 2024. The opening ceremony will be attended by the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hussain Ibrahim Taha, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and other federal ministers.
OIC Special Representative for Afghanistan Tariq Bakht and other OIC officials will also attend the conference.
The conference aims to establish a network between governments, Islamic and civil society organizations on girls’ education.
Around 55 delegations from 30 countries will participate in the 2-day conference to be held in Pakistan.
Delegations from several Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, will participate in the conference.
The conference, jointly organized by the Muslim World League and the Prime Minister of Pakistan, is expected to be attended by education ministers from more than 30 countries. The world’s window to the “Covenant of the Age” i.e. the Covenant of Mecca: The Islamic World Network is engaged in continuous dialogue with major global research centers and reputable institutions, highlighting the importance and message of this historical document to the world, so that important problems of the modern era and their solutions based on Islamic values and concepts can be presented in the light of the Islamic perspective presented through the “Covenant of Mecca”.Renowned scholars, educationists, policymakers and other stakeholders are expected to attend the conference. They will share their expertise, experiences and best practices in the field of girls’ education.
The conference will serve as an important platform to share experiences, discuss the multifaceted challenges faced by girls in accessing education and find innovative solutions to overcome these barriers.
This global conference marks a significant step towards the global promotion of girls’ education, which demonstrates Pakistan’s commitment to be at the forefront of this important initiative.
By hosting the global conference, Pakistan aims to make a significant contribution to the global dialogue on education and help pave the way for a more inclusive and equitable educational landscape for girls worldwide.
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a champion of women’s inclusion and empowerment. Similarly, we find many examples of women in our Islamic history who serve as role models for all of us. Hazrat Khadija (RA) was a successful businesswoman. Apart from this, in the history of Pakistan we find examples of successful women like Fatima Jinnah, Begum Rana Liaquat Ali Khan, Benazir Bhutto, Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz and others who achieved a prominent position for themselves in practical life.
