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URL:https://glade.org/events/international-literacy-day-2026-09-08/
SUMMARY:International Literacy Day
DESCRIPTION:September 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO
  on November 17\, 1965. It was first celebrated in 1966. Its aim is to hig
 hlight the importance of literacy to individuals\, communities and societi
 es. On International Literacy Day each year\, UNESCO reminds the internati
 onal community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally. Cele
 brations take place around the world.[1]\n\nSome 775 million adults lack m
 inimum literacy skills\; one in five adults is still not literate and two-
 thirds of them are women\;[2] 60.7 million children are out-of-school and 
 many more attend irregularly or drop out.[3]\n\nAccording to UNESCO’s "G
 lobal Monitoring Report on Education for All (2006)"\,[4] South and West A
 sia has the lowest regional adult literacy rate(58.6%)\, followed by sub-S
 aharan Africa (59.7%)\, and the Arab States (62.7%). Countries with the lo
 west literacy rates in the world are Burkina Faso (12.8%)\, Niger (14.4%) 
 and Mali (19%). The report shows a clear connection between illiteracy and
  countries in severe poverty\, and between illiteracy and prejudice agains
 t women.\n\n[button link="/tag/international-literacy-day/" type="icon" ic
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CATEGORIES:International Day
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