Ladies Learning to be Literate!
Teaching Women to Read
Why is literacy important?
Afghanistan
In 1994 Taliban took control of Afghanistan’s government. One of the Taliban’s goals was to oppress women, and the extremists achieved this cruel act through lies and illiteracy (Truth Out). Only 12 per cent of women can read in Afghanistan. This strikingly low number is due to the lack access to schools. 38 percent or 4.2 million, of Afghani children don’t have any access to a school education (UN Women). The educational opportunities for women in Afghanistan are few and far. According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, of the 6 million children now in attendance of a school only 35 percent of them are girls. This statistic is on the better side, with some parts of the countries have 3 percent attendance by girls (Feminist Majority Foundation). Since 2001 significant strides have been made towards educating women, however it hasn't been enough. Despite improvements, problems, both new and old, have persisted and stalled the education of many Afghani women (Oates).
South Sudan
Ladies Learning to be Literate!
Kalle Solberg and Ashley Gulrud
Newton High School
1600 Oak Tree Dr.
Newton, Rhode Island
Phone: 123-456-7890
Email: ashley.gulrud@learnabook.org