Our second guest blog today, in a series for International Women’s Day and beyond, including contributions from international and UK writers on the theme of women, learning, literacy and liberation. Feed the Minds is a UK-based charity that supports education in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America. Life is tough for the young [...]
‘Love is in the air.’ ‘Say it with roses.’ Valentine’s Day is being celebrated today in many countries of the world. But today also marks a call to action on behalf of the many women and girls across the globe who receive the sickening and unacceptable ‘gifts’ of violence and abuse. Up to 70% of [...]
Recently I was at a seminar organised by the Literacy Working Group, based on the four calls for action outlined in Women’s Right to Literacy: Advocating women’s right to access learning literacy through international development. Five presenters demonstrated how literacy, the bedrock of learning, is not simply about acquiring a set of prescribed skills. Literacy, [...]
I have recently returned from a flying visit to Morocco, to attend the Third World Forum on Lifelong Learning. My role was to lead a symposium on Women and Girls’ Literacy, and the role of family literacy. I began with the horrifying and startling statistics about women’s literacy and girl’s access to education – that 54% [...]
