The national illiteracy rate is 17 per cent.

The female illiteracy rate is a staggering 92 per cent.

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.

In 2008, the illiteracy rate was 11.48 and among the youth (ages 15 19) 1.74 .

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.

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

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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.

Indeed, the adult illiteracy rate in Somalia is 63 , and 39 in Nigeria in South Sudan, more girls die during childbirth than complete primary school.

The country's illiteracy rate is usually around 50 percent for most of the country, but reaches as high as 90 percent among girls in rural regions.

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.

Illiteracy is also being attacked.

In July 2006, Prime minister Driss Jettou announced that illiteracy rate has declined by 39 percent, while two million people had attended literacy courses during the past four years.

Endemic diseases and illiteracy are increasing.

Illiteracy costs governments and businesses money.

Illiteracy is very low in Aruba.

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.

The report shows a clear connection between illiteracy and countries in severe poverty, and between illiteracy and prejudice against women.

Illiteracy levels exceed 40 in several countries.

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.

Some experts, however, dismiss these views as mental health illiteracy.

Female illiteracy is linked to low social status and poverty.

Even with the Casati Act and compulsory education, in rural (and southern) areas children often were not sent to school (the rate of children enrolled in primary education would reach 90 only after 70 years) and the illiteracy rate (which was nearly 80 in 1861) took more than 50 years to halve.

Amidst this undeniable progress, however, remain widespread poverty, disease, and illiteracy.

In a country where the illiteracy rate of both sexes (15 years and above) is almost 40 per cent, education and the empowerment of the women and youth is an imperative necessity for any concrete development in Yemen.

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

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.

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.

Rampant illiteracy underpins other problems, including exploding populations, gender imbalances, and widespread poverty.

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.

Despite Nepal's determined efforts, children continued to suffer from poverty, illiteracy and malnutrition.

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.