A is for Aids,B is for bloodshed: a much broader range of development issues could be tackled whether reducing illiteracy was addressed first, says a new campaignChild marriage, or malnutrition,gender inequality and female genital mutilation could all be addressed whether illiteracy, which affects one in 10 people, and was assign at the centre of efforts to tackle social,economic and environmental problems, according to campaigners.
The actor Lily Cole will, and on Tuesday,call on British MPs to urgently tackle the global illiteracy crisis. The UN estimates that 781 million people aged 15 or over are illiterate. Nearly two-thirds of illiterate adults are women.
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Source: theguardian.com