Illiteracy

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Illiteracy is also being attacked.

Illiteracy costs governments and businesses money.

Illiteracy is very low in Aruba.

It was important to bear in mind that poverty was not just a financial matter it resulted in illiteracy, lack of health care and low empowerment of women.

The national illiteracy rate is 17 per cent.

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 ).

The problem of illiteracy of women is particularly stressed.

Female illiteracy is linked to low social status and poverty.

Where the percentage of illiteracy is very high, we use puppetry.

There's also a great deal, I think, of religious illiteracy around.

Today, illiteracy in Paraguay stands at 6.4 per cent, and my Government's objective is to obtain the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's certification of zero illiteracy in Paraguay by 2008.

The illiteracy rate in China among this generation is under one percent.

For the former, the eradication of illiteracy and skill development are central.

All these factors combined contribute to illiteracy, which severely undermines the country's development.

Extensive segments of population in many countries suffer from exclusion due to illiteracy.

In a few days, our country will be declared an illiteracy free zone.

The main barrier to information about health issues including reproductive health is illiteracy.

The table below shows the rate of illiteracy among some of the groups.

The problems of poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and environmental degradation continue to haunt us.

Female illiteracy has been reduced to acceptable levels, and school dropout rates have declined.

It's from a study we did into illiteracy, and it's a guy in a teashop.

Illiteracy is under 3 per cent and women's literacy rates are over 97.4 per cent.

Given the Gambia's high illiteracy rate, she wondered whether the NGOs had access to radio.

Illiteracy is a definite impediment for citizens of Pakistan, including women, in realizing their rights.

On the other hand, children were victims of poverty, illiteracy, diseases and armed conflicts worldwide.

Effective treatment of the problem of illiteracy, drop outs and those who miss basic education.

j) Promote illiteracy eradication programme and provide increased opportunities and facilities for lifelong learning for women

And illiteracy has gone down, from a half to about a quarter of the people on Earth.

Five years later, the world is still faced with the challenges of poverty, hunger, disease and illiteracy.

Ms. Popescu Sandru noted that measures had been taken to combat illiteracy and to encourage girls' education.

Government efforts to eliminate female illiteracy and to reduce the school dropout rate have had some notable successes.

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

Legal illiteracy concerning the framework for human rights protection of women, especially in rural areas, is a major obstacle.

Poverty, illiteracy, and gender power imbalances within families and communities limit women's access to preventive care, drugs and treatment.

Poverty, hunger, preventable and curable diseases, illiteracy, drugs and natural disasters are other threats and challenges facing today's world.

The highest illiteracy rate is found among people aged between 41 and 64 (45.9 ), 66 of them being Aruban.

There are efforts to eradicate technological illiteracy by creating information centres and providing computers and creating youth and sports clubs.

In addition, information is developed in non written formats, to accommodate the needs of communities with high levels of illiteracy.

The elimination of illiteracy, adult basic education and education in the areas of health, preventive medicine and sanitation are essential.

It was working particularly hard to raise awareness of the Convention despite the country's 80 per cent rate of illiteracy.

Indeed, a large percentage of the world's population continues to suffer from poverty, hunger, serious diseases, unemployment, illiteracy and displacement.

The view was expressed that illiteracy and a lack of adequate education continued to constitute major problems for developing countries.

Illiteracy, particularly among women in rural areas, was an obstacle to development and the attainment of women's basic human rights.