Literacy Resources from the UN for International Literacy Day

Friday, September 8 is International Literacy Day (not to mention, 2003 – 2012 is the Literacy Decade). Today nearly 800 million people aged over 15 are illiterate and two-thirds of them are women.

The UN lists a variety of websites with statistics and resources here and from UNESCO, information on the history of International Literacy Day and activities around the world here.