According to a press release, the program aims at increasing enrollment and improving retention and quality of learning for girls in eight remote districts of Pakistan.
The program called the "Girls' Right to Education" is funded under the Malala Funds-in-Trust established by the government of Pakistan and the UNESCO in 2014.
The inaugural ceremony of the program was attended by officials and representatives of the federal, provincial and area governments of Pakistan, Parliamentarians, United Nations and civil society organizations.
In her video statement, Director General of the UNESCO Irina Bokova highlighted that despite tremendous progress in access to education worldwide since 2000, there is still a long way to go.
She said that approximately 31 million or 55 percent of the girls are out of primary schools worldwide including three million girls from Pakistan.
Bokova said the new sustainable development goals that were recently agreed fully recognize access to education as a basic human right which is essential for sustainable development.
She said that girls and women are strong agents of change and the world will be a better place in 2030, only if they have equitable access to quality education today.
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