International day of the Girl Child, which is celebrated on October 11,
aims to create awareness about the rights of a girl child across the globe. One of the basic rights
every child has is that of getting equal opportunity to acquire education, which in a country like ours is
usually neglected, especially in case of a girl child. According to a report published by UNESCO, Pakistan ranks
the second with the most out-of-school children in the world with only Nigeria ahead of us. It also
revealed that Pakistan is in the bottom 10 countries in terms of the proportion of poor girls who have never
gone to school. It stated that 62% girls in Pakistan, aged between 7 and 15, have never spent time in a
classroom. These stats are much higher in comparison to 30% in India and 9% in Bangladesh.
Educating women, in particular, has unmatched transformative power.
Educated mothers are better informed about everything!
To create awareness regarding the importance of girl child education,
SOC Films in collaboration with Chime of Change, created a series of short documentaries on young girls
who want to achieve their dreams and aspirations to seek excellence in various professions in
future whether it's sports, literature, science, math, activism, or so on and so forth. Areeba Fatima, a student of Dawood Public School, one of the biggest girls’ school in Karachi,
is also featured in one of the documentaries where she expresses her desire to become a diplomat to be able to represent Pakistan at the UN and paint a positive picture of the country.
#EducateOurGirls
#Pakistan
Chime for Change - Areeba's Dream from Sharmeen Obaid Films on Vimeo.
