Meeting with leaders
We meet with heads of state and high-level officials — people with the power to shift critical resources towards education — and ask them to increase their investment in girls’ futures.
Including girls in the conversation
We believe girls should speak for themselves — that’s why we bring young education activists to high-level conferences to tell leaders what they need to learn and achieve their potential. We created Assembly, a digital publication and newsletter, as a platform for girls' voices.
Supporting grassroots activists
Our Gulmakai Champions spearhead campaigns to promote girls’ education in their communities, countries and regions.
Our priorities
Education financing
We are calling on developing countries to spend 20% of their budget on education and donor countries to commit 15% of their aid to education.
Conflict
We aim to grow the constituency of UN Member States that are actively advocating and investing in Education Cannot Wait, a global fund for delivering education in emergencies.
Updates
Read the latest on our advocacy work.
Update | November 1, 2019
Malala Fund Champion Deema Hiram brings urgent message to the UN General Assembly
Update | July 9, 2019
Malala Yousafzai and Frances Uchenna Igwilo call on G7 to double investment in girls' education
Press Release | October 9, 2018
Malala Fund’s Full Force report launches with foreword from Apple CEO Tim Cook
Update | September 26, 2018
Hiba Hamzi delivers message to heads of state at UNGA
JUNE 9, 2018
Farah Mohamed: Remarks to G7 leaders in Canada
"I am here to ask you to make a practical and strategic investment in our shared future: educating girls."
MAY 24, 2018
Student refugee calls on leaders to sign the Safe Schools Declaration
By age 17, Zaynab Abdi was a refugee of three countries. She shared her story during a UN meeting on education in conflict.
May 8, 2018
A major win for out-of-school Nigerian girls
A new law guarantees primary education for girls.
February 1, 2018
15-year-old Nigerian student asks leaders to invest in girls at the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Financing Conference in Dakar.
Research
Our team conducts pivotal research on the impact of girls’ secondary education on our world to influence policy and funding decisions.
Report | June 2019
Financing at Full Force
Without enough funding, school systems cannot equip students with the skills and knowledge to realise their potential and prepare for the jobs of tomorrow.
Report | October 2018
Full Force: Why the world works better when girls go to school
If girls don’t receive quality education there will be a shortage of educated workers — leading to major gaps in the labour market and unstable economies.
Report | July 2018
Cost of Not Educating Girls
If every girl worldwide received 12 years of free, safe, quality education, lifetime earnings for women could increase by $15 trillion to $30 trillion.
Report | June 2017
Safer, Healthier, Wealthier: How G20 investments in girls’ education improve our world
Girls' education is key to tackling global challenges.
Report | September 2016
#YesAllGirls: Education and the global refugee response
Malala Fund is calling on governments to develop a longer-term vision for refugee response.
Report | February 2016
#NotLost: Claiming Syria's future
Improving access to education for displaced and refugee children from Syria is a high priority for Malala Fund.
Report | July 2015
Beyond Basics: Making 12 Years a Reality
The poorest girls in the poorest countries often receive just three years of education.
Report | July 2015
Financing Upper Secondary Education
World leaders must invest the funds necessary to ensure all girls can achieve the goals they set for themselves.
