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New call for women’s literacy

A new campaign aims to ensure women and girls in developing countries can read and write. Women’s Right to Literacy...

New call for women’s literacy
posted on: Oct 9, 2012 | author: Michelle Wright

Lebanon: a small step towards women’s...

Summary of a story from IRIN News, August 23, 2011 Khadija Assaad began teaching the Koran to girls in the village of...

Lebanon: a small step towards women’s literacy
posted on: Aug 23, 2011 | author: Brogan Driscoll

Laura Bush: ‘Media portrayed me...

Summary of story from The Hattiesburg American, April 29, 2011. Former First Lady Laura Bush was sometimes portrayed...

Laura Bush: ‘Media portrayed me as a 1950s’ housewife’
posted on: Apr 29, 2011 | author: Sara Rydland Naerum

How Leonora Rustamova’s literac...

Summary of story from the Guardian, March 27, 2011 A teacher from Yorkshire who wrote a book to engage a group of...

How Leonora Rustamova’s literacy project went from hero to zero
posted on: Mar 28, 2011 | author: Harri Sutherland-Kay

Separate toilets for school girls in ...

Summary of story from IRIN News, 18 March 2011 Nepal is investing $15 million US dollars in building separate toilets...

Separate toilets for school girls in Nepal
posted on: Mar 18, 2011 | author: Kate Townshend

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