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Elizabeth Gilbert chooses books about women overcoming difficulty
05 Dec 2025 16:57 GMT
… Pray, Love” picks books about women overcoming difficulty. Her memoir, “ … from loss. Never has childhood girl power been more eloquently … from rural African poverty, illiteracy and early marriage to a … prosperity and autonomy for all women.
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World Literacy Foundation Expands Christmas Book Pack Drive to Confront Florida’s Illiteracy Crisis
05 Dec 2025 14:02 GMT
The World Literacy Foundation is preparing to distribute its annual Christmas book packs to children in low-income and highly disadvantaged communities across Florida, where an estimated 61% of young people do not own a single book. The initiative, created …
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Poor farmers overcome difficulties to eradicate illiteracy
05 Dec 2025 10:03 GMT
THÁI NGUYÊN — As dusk settles over the mountains, the cultural house in Mỏ Chì Hamlet glows into life, where a small but determined literacy class gathers each night, driven by the hope of changing lives through education.
The class currently has 18 …
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How women are reviving traditional Seto culture in Estonia
04 Dec 2025 06:33 GMT
… wooden barn, an energetic female voice is echoed by a … medieval” and illiteracy was the norm, so Seto women hid their … tourist belt to meet entrepreneurial women (Yvette Cook)
Each … Seto traditions.” Inspired by childhood memories of traditional farm life …
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Women In AI Australia Launches To Champion Equal Representation
04 Dec 2025 02:27 GMT
… Women in AI Australia Ltd was established by three female … barriers to women in AI/tech include technological illiteracy, cultural … and policy leadership. For women in the community following …
Organisations can engage with Women in AI through consulting …
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‘ICMR likely to be roped in to identify causes of malnutrition, infant deaths’
06 Dec 2025 01:39 GMT
… the public health, women and child welfare and tribal development … interior villages; and illiteracy and prevailing superstitions among … roads while ferrying pregnant women and mothers with newborns … bring severely anaemic pregnant women to the health centre …
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Baringo Children Create Technology Solutions Against Cattle Rustling
01 Dec 2025 10:53 GMT
… Bishop Yussuf Lesute estimates illiteracy exceeds 70 percent among … Abstract reports that Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) … Compassion International emphasizes following children until age 22, … has shifted. These children are not waiting for …
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The female burden of illiteracy
01 Dec 2025 01:59 GMT
Source: World Bank
In 1976, the earliest year for which the World Bank has data, the global average literacy rate for adult females (as a percentage of females aged 15 and above) was 57 per cent. Even that figure is higher than Pakistan’s 49pc, reported by …
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Report: Global Poverty, Religious Restrictions, Discrimination Against Women Remain High
26 Nov 2025 17:25 GMT
… , based on the Adult Illiteracy Rate, a figure representing … noted that “both the illiteracy rate and the total … countries with severe discrimination against women,” said the report, with … in global gender discrimination against women since 2014.” The report …
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Report: Biometric-ID Systems Blocking Millions of Africa Citizens from Accessing Services
05 Dec 2025 11:49 GMT
… digital-ID due to disability, illiteracy or associated costs – like mobile … protect citizens from exposure to human rights violations and robust digital security … the report, said:
“Worryingly, fundamental human rights, like education, healthcare and the …