Malala Yousafzai Debate

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Baroness Afshar

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Malala Yousafzai

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Wednesday 10th December 2014

(9 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Northover Portrait Baroness Northover
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The noble Lord will know that I cannot go into detail. We are indeed protecting her.

Baroness Afshar Portrait Baroness Afshar (CB)
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My Lords, what is being done to teach the teachers? The problem in Pakistan is that the teaching available beyond schooling is imperfect, to say the least, as far as women are concerned. Would it be possible to offer scholarships for some of those bright women to train as teachers in this country?

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