HashtagsCompiled on | #InternationalLiteracyDay, #Worldliteracyday |
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2023 Date | September 8, 2023 |
2024 Date | September 8, 2024 |
International Literacy Day serves to recognize the importance of literacy and acknowledge the need to create a globally literate community. Literacy refers to a person's ability to read or write, an ability that connects and empowers people, allowing them to communicate and interact with the world, and one that the United Nations considers to be a basic human right. Today, approximately 16% of the world's population, two-thirds of which is female, is unable to read or write at a basic level in their native languages. Illiteracy in nearly all parts of the world has been linked to socio-economic issues like poverty and demographic factors such as gender. In an effort to combat illiteracy, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) created International Literacy Day in 2000. During the 2015 campaign, themed Literacy and Sustainable Societies, UNESCO stressed the importance of literacy as the Top Tweets for International Literacy Day -Updated
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In the News and Trending in the US for International Literacy DayUpdated Literacy Day: UNICEF appeals for more funds to education sector - Eye Radioeyeradio.org World Literacy Day: The Taliban turned Afghanistan into a centre of fundamentalist education - Zan Timeszantimes.com Literacy Day: UNCEF appeals for more funds to education sector - Eye Radioeyeradio.org Library of Congress Announces 2023 Literacy Awards on International Literacy Dayloc.gov
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References and related siteswww.literacyworldwide.org: Why Literacy? www.unesco.org: Literacy day theme 2021 |
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