Fact sheet

(make sure you cite all sources within each response)

Millenium goals

• The fight against poverty
• What is “education for all?”

The Issues

Why is Literacy for all an issue?


What is being done in general to help this issue?

Giftsshanghai

What is GiftsShanghai doing?

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Further reading

Unesco

• International Literacy Day
• UN Literacy Decade (2003-2012)
• UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)
• Literacy for All
• Education for All
• Literacy Exchange - World Resources on Literacy

United Nations

• Literacy rates - Achieve universal primary education (Millennium Development Goal 2)
• UN Education Portal
• UN Works for Women - Education
• UN Literacy Decade - Education for All (2003-2012)
• UN Cyberschoolbus

UNICEF

• UN Girls' Education Initiative
• Basic education and gender equality
• Teachers Talking about Learning

United Nations Development Programme

• Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education (Millennium Development Goals)

World Bank Group

• International Literacy Day
• Achieve universal primary education (Millennium Development Goal 2)
• Education

World Vision
education and literacy

Additional resources:
Asia-Pacific Literacy Database
Center for Literacy Studies
Education International
International Reading Association
--- International Literacy Day
Literacy Online

(Source: The Dag Hammarskjold Library)