Women and girls around the world need and deserve a just education for a better future. Unfortunately, the disparity in education between girls and boys continues to grow in Pakistan.

However, the lower class of Karachi are beginning to realise the importance of education. They send their young girls to school and emphasise on getting them educated as much as they force them to learn stitching, cooking and other house-hold chores.

Here are few pictures taken in a government school in Nazimabad, Karachi.

– Photographs by Mahrukh Mansoor. You can see her photography here.

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