Braille

I've spent half of my life in darkness.

Illiteracy

This is true of Kuna Yala, where there are almost two illiterate women for every illiterate man Darién, where 26.9 per cent of the male and 35 per cent of the female population are illiterate and Bocas del Toro, where the figures are 26 per cent and 34.7 per cent respectively (see table 8).

The rate of illiteracy was under 10 per cent for women, and about 5 per cent for men.

Braille Patterns

Illiteracy, that'll do it.

Support of the activities of the National Committee of Blind Women of the ABPAM

While illiteracy continues to be a concern, the rate of female illiteracy is lower than that of males, which is an exception when compared to the situation of illiteracy in most other countries.

In 1960, the proportion of illiterates was 21.7 per cent by 1990, it had gone down to 10.6 per cent.

Women account for 65 per cent of the national illiteracy rate, which stands at 45 per cent for the population as a whole.

Language, illiteracy

You ignoramus.

5.2.1 Women and politics

Ethnic group Percentage illiteracy Male Female

As a result, the percentage of ethnic illiterates has fallen and by 2002 stood at 22.6 .

In 2001 the overall illiteracy rate was 20.5 per cent, with the rate for women being slightly below that for men.

There is a problem in terms of bringing the illiteracy rate considerably down, especially for girls

Afghanistan has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world, amounting to more than 75 per cent.

UNESCO has developed the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment, which will be implemented in countries with an illiteracy rate of over 50 per cent or 10 million illiterates.

There were 151,036 fewer illiterates in rural areas, whereas the number of urban illiterates rose by 135,859.

India s Illiterate Revolution

Province and sex Number of illiterates Percentage

There has been a significant decline in illiteracy in Colombia even though almost a quarter of the rural population is illiterate.

b) however, in 1991, the degree of illiteracy of women in BiH (16.4 ) had still been higher than the degree of illiteracy of men (3.4 ).

311. Particular concern is expressed that the rate of illiteracy is especially high among indigenous communities.

Braille Patterns

(a) Measures to prevent illiteracy

(f) Education and eradication of illiteracy

The decline in the number of illiterates between the two censuses is attributable to the decline in rural illiteracy.

333. The rate of illiteracy applies to 18.3 per cent of all women and a much lower proportion 7.1 per cent of men.

The illiteracy rate in rural areas is still 19.7 per cent, while in urban areas it is 3.6 per cent.

Is Tom an illiteracy?

Some 130 million are illiterate.

Illiteracy is very low in Aruba.

A larger percentage of women are illiterate compared to men.

The rate of illiteracy in the country stands at 8.5 per cent.

It would be much better if people couldn't read.

5.2 Participation in and the formulation of Government policy and the implementation thereof

She's illiterate, so she can't read the French subtitles.

Whereas in outlying rural areas the rate was still rather high, in Beirut, it was virtually zero.

They make up 73 per cent of the total number of illiterates, which shows that illiteracy in Peru is fundamentally a women apos s problem.

341. To sum up the breakdown of illiterates by sex shows that illiteracy remains primarily a problem among women.

In 1980, 13.2 per cent of the population between 10 and 19 years of age were illiterate, whereas by 1990 the figure was only 6.4 per cent.

The rate of illiteracy in Mexico was declining but remained high among older women and rural and indigenous women.