Apple announced it has partnered with Malala Yousafzai and her nonprofit organization the Malala Fund to help extend education funding programs to India and Latin America. With Apple’s support as the fund’s first Laureate Partner, the Malala Fund has an initial goal to extend secondary education opportunities to more than 100,000 girls.

The partnership also means the Malala Fund will be able to double the number of grants it distributes through its Gulmakai Network. The Gulmakai Network supports local educators and activists in developing countries that deal with different threats to girls’ education like poverty, war, and gender discrimination. The network currently supports programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Turkey, and…

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