Despite the steady rise in literacy rates over the past 50 years, there are still 754 million illiterate adults around the world, most of whom are women. These numbers produced by the UIS are a stark...
Of all regions, sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rates of education exclusion. Over one-fifth of children between the ages of about 6 and 11 are out of school, followed by one-third of youth...
Girls are still more likely than boys to never set foot in a classroom, despite the tremendous progress made over the past 20 years.
To help countries fulfill their promise to close the gender gap...
