Measures Taken to Overcome Illiteracy
Ethiopia has now started training adults to read and write, in order to overcome illiteracy. These Ethiopian women are studying in the alphabetization class in Addis Ababa, and around 20,000 voluntary teachers all over the country conduct these cl...
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Women of Ethiopia
Ethiopia, today, is ravaged by famine. But custom prevents thousands of women from growing the drought-resistant crops which the men no longer cultivate.
UNICEF
Women of Yemen
The government of People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, which gained independence in 1967, has taken a number of steps to educate the citizens and to grant social rights for women. The tradition of covering [a woman's] head is seen rarely today. ...
Lankadeepa