The Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) is designed as a global strategic framework through which national governments, NGOs, civil society, the private sector, UN agencies, and bilateral and multilateral agencies collectively revitalize and accelerate literacy efforts in countries where illiteracy poses a critical challenge. This programme will be implemented in
34 countries with a literacy rate of less 50 per cent or a population of more than 10 million without literacy competencies. Presently 85% of the world¹s population without literacy competencies and life skills live in these countries, the majority of whom are women. LIFE will, therefore, aim to empower women and girls, in particular, who have inadequate literacy
competencies.

This sub-regional meeting will aim to identify future possible partnerships between the Sub-Saharan Africa LIFE countries in order to ensure a coordination of national actions for a successful implementation of LIFE. The Workshop will offer countries the opportunity to get the same information about LIFE. The countries will exchange and share drafted national action plans in order to improve them.

For any information please contact the LIFE Regional Focal Point
Teeluck Bhuwanee (UNESCO Dakar)
E-mail : t.bhuwanee@unesco.org ;
Tél : (221) 849 23 23 ;
Fax : (221) 823 83 93

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