Hashtags | #InternationalLiteracyDay, #LiteracyDay, #Worldliteracyday, #ILD2222 |
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Related Hashtags | #Literacy, #Education, #KISSWinsUNESCOLiteracyPrize, #KISSians, #Literacymatters, #Learning |
2022 Date | 8 September 2022 |
2023 Date | 8 September 2023 |
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![]() International Literacy Day HistoryInternational 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 -
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International Literacy Day - References and Related Siteswww.literacyworldwide.org: Why Literacy? www.unesco.org: Literacy day theme 2021 | ||