UNESCO: Some 770 million adult people are illiterate worldwide, including two thirds of women

Moscow: Some 770 million people are illiterate worldwide, with two thirds of them being women, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said at the 7th International Conference on Adult Education.

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"I am also thinking of all those who did not have the right to education as children the 770 million adults who don't know how to read or write - two thirds of whom are women," Azoulay said on late Wednesday.

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The director-general also called for boosting efforts on providing illiterate adult people with education.The 7th International Conference on Adult Education is being held in Morocco's Marrakesh on Wednesday-Friday. (UNI)

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