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Investing in Local Education Activists

Through our Education Champion Network, we invest in local educators and advocates — the people who best understand girls in their communities — in regions where the most girls are missing out on secondary school.

Our Work

Advocating to hold leaders accountable

We advocate — at local, national and international levels — for resources and policy changes needed to give all girls a secondary education. The girls we serve have high goals for themselves — and we have high expectations for leaders who can help them.

Our Advocacy

Amplifying girls’ voices

We believe girls should speak for themselves and tell leaders what they need to learn and achieve their potential. We amplify girls’ voices and share their stories through Assembly, our digital publication and newsletter.

Read Assembly

Who we are

Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai founded Malala Fund in 2013 to champion every girl’s right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education.

Together our board, leadership council, staff and champions are creating a more equal world by making sure all girls can go to school.

Malala and Ziauddin in classroom in Kenya

How We Work

Malala Fund invests in education advocates and activists who are challenging the policies and practices that prevent girls from going to school in their communities.

Learn more about our approach