‘I wanted to learn how to read and write in order to be independent, to be able to depend on myself. For a living, I cook and sell meals. I now have a webpage with my menus and I can also keep account of the payments of my clients.’ (AMLL learner in Mexico)
The Global Alliance for Literacy within the Framework of Lifelong Learning (GAL) held its general meeting in Mexico City the 12 November 2018, reaffirming the importance of literacy for the well-being of our societies and renewing its...
Literacy is a human right and an essential component for people to be able to exercise their fundamental rights. For this reason, the world’s governments of today must underscore efforts to share our experiences and implement policies that focus on the most disadvantaged populations.
Otto Granados, Minister of Education, Mexico
The Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) is an initiative to support national strategies for measuring learning. Led by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), it provides stakeholders, researchers, UN agencies and NGOs with a platform for discussion to facilitate data collection on a...
The Global Alliance for Literacy within the Framework of Lifelong Learning (GAL), a UNESCO led initiative aiming to advance the global literacy agenda, has elected its Executive Management Bureau. The Bureau comprises seven representatives of various...
During this year’s International Literacy Day events on 8 September 2016 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, launched the Global Alliance for Literacy within the Framework of Lifelong Learning (GAL). GAL...
Literacy and numeracy are key to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development yet estimates show that there are 757 million adults, including 115 million youth, who cannot read or write a simple sentence and two-thirds of them are women.
UNESCO and the UNESCO Institute for...
