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Considering the gender disparity at all levels, CSSP has focused on girls education as a theme that aims to improve quality of girls education with increased and accessible opportunities.
In 2010, The United Nations ranked Pakistan at 125 out of 169 countries in its Human Development Index. Honour killings, rape and illegal trafficking of women are prevalent across much of the country. Recent research showed that "women owned less than 3% of plots in sampled villages, despite having the right to inherit land in most." Low literacy rates (54.2% of the adult population in 2010) and poor health (23% of the country are undernourished) mean that 1 in 10 children die before the age of five.
The biggest barrier to a girls education in Pakistan is lack of access. Cultural limitations prevent parents sending their daughters to mixed gender schools restricting access to single sex safe-houses. Across the nation, education is built to demand rather than supply, meaning that boys schools often out number girls’, especially in rural areas. For the average girl, school is too far away, too expensive or not safe enough for her parents to allow her to attend - even if she wanted to go.
CSSP initiates advocacy campaigns by engaging youths, civil society organizations, media, lawyers, social and political activists to influence the policy issues for improving the quality of education in Pakistan.
CSSP will endeavour to mainstream human rights, gender and environmental education in the curriculum by organizing teachers training sessions and setting up resource centres in schools.
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