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Educating girls is now at the core of much development thinking and programming, but illiteracy among women and older adolescent girls outside formal education is an increasingly critical issue that risks falling between the gaps. Of the 774 million adults (15 years and older) who still cannot read or write, two–thirds of them (493 million) are women.
The significance of this within the wider development and women's rights agenda in developing countries cannot be ignored. Literacy is a fundamental right for women. In 2010, Irina Bokova, director-general of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), said that "newly literate women have a positive ripple effect on all development indicators". This broadens the issue significantly beyond education alone.
"On its own, literacy neither saves lives nor fills hungry mouths," says Katy Newell-Jones of Feed the Minds. "However, we encounter women's literacy time and time again as a valuable component in women's empowerment. A woman who is able to keep her own business records is more likely to be able to manage her income and expenditure; and the children of a literate mother are more likely to complete their education."
Literate women are also more able to mitigate some of the root causes of maternal and child morbidity and mortality. Further, women's productivity in the informal sector in countries across sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia remains the cornerstone of regional economic systems and food security, making improved learning outcomes integral to reducing poverty and harnessing all aspects of a country's economic potential.
A woman's ability is also increasingly dependent on the written word in a technology driven world where smartphones are very important
The significance of this within the wider development and women's rights agenda in developing countries cannot be ignored. Literacy is a fundamental right for women. In 2010, Irina Bokova, director-general of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), said that "newly literate women have a positive ripple effect on all development indicators". This broadens the issue significantly beyond education alone.
"On its own, literacy neither saves lives nor fills hungry mouths," says Katy Newell-Jones of Feed the Minds. "However, we encounter women's literacy time and time again as a valuable component in women's empowerment. A woman who is able to keep her own business records is more likely to be able to manage her income and expenditure; and the children of a literate mother are more likely to complete their education."
Literate women are also more able to mitigate some of the root causes of maternal and child morbidity and mortality. Further, women's productivity in the informal sector in countries across sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia remains the cornerstone of regional economic systems and food security, making improved learning outcomes integral to reducing poverty and harnessing all aspects of a country's economic potential.
A woman's ability is also increasingly dependent on the written word in a technology driven world where smartphones are very important
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