The increase in reading and writing proficiency among women is a result of the significant improvement in their enrollment and completion of primary education over the last five decades, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said.
UNESCO stated this in the publication: ‘Reading the Past, Writing the Future: Fifty Years of Promoting Literacy’.
The publication marked the “uplifting and sobering” 50th anniversary of UNESCO’s efforts to mark global progress on literacy, celebrated annually on Sept. 8 as International Literacy Day.
The UN agency, however, pointed out that overall funding for adult literacy has remained low, according to the study.
The authors of the current report examined the nature and evolution of the educational challenge, and took stock of literacy initiatives worldwide, UNESCO said.
“The spread of literacy among women…
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