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Third of world's poorest girls denied access to school

Milton Platt

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‘A third of the world's poorest girls, aged between 10 and 18, have never been to school, says the United Nations.

A report from Unicef, the UN's children's agency, warned that poverty and discrimination were denying an education to millions of young people.

It criticised a "crippling learning crisis" for impoverished families, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

The findings were published as education ministers from 120 countries gathered for a conference in London.’

Read more here: Third of world's poorest girls denied education

Wished I could say this is news........
 

Wandering Monk

Well-Known Member
Wished I could say this is news........

While technically true that more males are literate than females, female literacy globally has risen from 79% to 89% from 1985 to 2014 while male literacy has risen from 89% to 95% in the same period.

This means that female literacy rates are improve at nearly double the male literacy rates.

Literacy rate of young men and women

The gap has been closing for at least the last 30 years. This is a good trend.

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