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LITERACY AND GENDER
Globally,
women are more seriously affected
by illiteracy than men.
In 2000, UNESCO
estimated that 64%
of all adult illiterates were women,
an increase of 4%
from 1997.8
An
undereducated mother may not
be able to read to her children
or help them
with their school work.
Women may
be trying to manage alone
in situations of poverty or depression.
They
may benefit from group support
in literacy programs.
Women may come for a
variety of reasons:
to write better, to help their kids, or
just to be
with other people in the community.
Literacy can help to bring someone out
of poverty,
ignorance, exclusion,
or a life of disadvantage into a world
of justice, voice,
equality, and human dignity.
Literacy empowers people
to take charge
of their lives by providing the tools. |