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We hope the benchmarks will provide a starting point for policy dialogue between governments, funding agencies, NGOs, and those adults who have been deprived of their right to education. They might…
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Balaraba Aliyu
Committed to building new momentum on adult literacy, 60 par ticipants from 24 countries gathered in Abuja, Nigeria in February 2007 in a workshop organised jointly by ActionAid…
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Clinton Robinson
Clinton Robinson from UNESCO Paris shared details of the UN Literacy Decade (UNLD) with participants in Abuja. This is a short summary of his input.
The United Nations Literacy…
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Carol Medel-Añonuevo
Carol Medel-Añonuevo, Deputy Director and Senior Programme coordinator of the UIL, presented a summary of the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment, which is coordinated from…
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As well as producing national and regional plans at the Abuja work shop, participants worked together to agree a collective call for ac tion. This call was divided into a call for national action…
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Aaron Benavot
In 2000 more than 160 countries agreed to the six "Education for All" goals affirming a lifelong vision of learning opportunities that en compasses infants, children,…
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Jude Fransman
This article aims to show how a lack of conceptual consensus weakens and confuses the adult literacy lobby with grave implications for policy and practice. By charting the different…
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Joyce N. Kebathi
The Abuja Call for Action identifies as the first priority the need for countries to understand the scale of the literacy challenge. The exam ple of Kenya, which was shared with…
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Maria-Josep Cascant i Sempere
One of the most exciting innovations in adult literacy over the last 15 years has been the development and spread of the Reflect ap proach, which won the UN Literacy…
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Sheldon Shaeffer
Given the importance of maintaining linguistic diversity and support ing language development and revitalisation around the world, this Benchmark needs to be considerably…
