The national illiteracy rate is 17 per cent.

The illiteracy rate in China among this generation is under one percent.

The table below shows the rate of illiteracy among some of the groups.

In 2001 the overall illiteracy rate was 20.5 per cent, with the rate for women being slightly below that for men.

Ms. Šimonović expressed concern at the high overall illiteracy rate and asked what steps were being taken to reduce the rate.

Given the Gambia's high illiteracy rate, she wondered whether the NGOs had access to radio.

Government efforts to eliminate female illiteracy and to reduce the school dropout rate have had some notable successes.

The rate of illiteracy was under 10 per cent for women, and about 5 per cent for men.

The highest illiteracy rate is found among people aged between 41 and 64 (45.9 ), 66 of them being Aruban.

In fact, the school enrolment rate is 20.63 per cent for girls and 36.21 per cent for boys. The female illiteracy rate is a staggering 92 per cent.

It was working particularly hard to raise awareness of the Convention despite the country's 80 per cent rate of illiteracy.

The high illiteracy rate among working age women has numerous adverse effects on domestic health, children's education levels and overall economic development.

In spite of the high rate of illiteracy among the older groups, current indicators state that the education level of women dramatically increases.

Illiteracy

UNESCO has developed the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment, which will be implemented in countries with an illiteracy rate of over 50 per cent or 10 million illiterates.

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A skills based literacy programme for women in China has resulted in a decrease of the female illiteracy rate by 29 per cent, compared with the average for the province.

For example, it was reported that there is a 98 per cent illiteracy rate within indigenous communities in Central Africa in respect of the dominant languages of the countries concerned.

Illiteracy is also being attacked.

Illiteracy costs governments and businesses money.

Illiteracy is very low in Aruba.

The Committee is especially concerned about the extremely high rate of illiteracy among women and girls, which presently stands at 81 per cent for women and girls between the ages of 15 and 49.

b) however, in 1991, the degree of illiteracy of women in BiH (16.4 ) had still been higher than the degree of illiteracy of men (3.4 ).

The problem of illiteracy of women is particularly stressed.

Female illiteracy is linked to low social status and poverty.

In education there are at least three major gender issues namely the high illiteracy rate of women low enrollment and participation of female students at higher educational levels and in the choice of technical disciplines and gender bias in school textbooks.

As well, government efforts to prepare development plans focused on women, in particular relating to education and the elimination of illiteracy, have helped to control the demographic growth rate and have contributed to the success of government programmes in this field.

Where the percentage of illiteracy is very high, we use puppetry.

There's also a great deal, I think, of religious illiteracy around.

The delegation of Guatemala believes that another fundamental problem is the extreme poverty prevailing in the country as well as the high rate of illiteracy and malnutrition that continue to deprive the Haitian people of their basic economic, social and cultural rights.

Today, illiteracy in Paraguay stands at 6.4 per cent, and my Government's objective is to obtain the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's certification of zero illiteracy in Paraguay by 2008.

For the former, the eradication of illiteracy and skill development are central.

All these factors combined contribute to illiteracy, which severely undermines the country's development.

Extensive segments of population in many countries suffer from exclusion due to illiteracy.

In a few days, our country will be declared an illiteracy free zone.

The main barrier to information about health issues including reproductive health is illiteracy.

The problems of poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and environmental degradation continue to haunt us.

Female illiteracy has been reduced to acceptable levels, and school dropout rates have declined.

It's from a study we did into illiteracy, and it's a guy in a teashop.

Illiteracy is under 3 per cent and women's literacy rates are over 97.4 per cent.

Illiteracy is a definite impediment for citizens of Pakistan, including women, in realizing their rights.

On the other hand, children were victims of poverty, illiteracy, diseases and armed conflicts worldwide.

Effective treatment of the problem of illiteracy, drop outs and those who miss basic education.

In relation to farmers who had benefited from the extension program, numbers suggest predominance of men in relation to women, which has to do with the higher number of men working as extensionists, as well as the high rate of illiteracy among rural women and cultural concerns of communities.

j) Promote illiteracy eradication programme and provide increased opportunities and facilities for lifelong learning for women