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Adult Literacy – A Game Changer in The Story of Women Empowerment

The Global Education Monitoring Report (2016) cited the global adult illiteracy rate in 2014 to be 15 per cent, which was equivalent to 758 million adults. Out of this, 63 per cent of adults unable to read and write were women. The literacy rate in India has shown an improvement …

Literacy, Women Empowerment and Sustainable Development

Two-thirds of the world’s adult illiterates are women. Literacy is crucial for promoting women’s rights, achieving empowerment, enhancing livelihood skills, strengthening their participation and leadership in the public sphere, and ensuring gender justice. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, state under Goal 4: …

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