Women in Literacy Position Papers

ProLiteracy's Women in Literacy: Critical Issues in Literacy series explores the health, human rights, and poverty challenges women face daily and demonstrates how women's literacy initiatives are helping women gain new attitudes, new skills, and the information to change these conditions for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Literacy and Women's Health:
Women the world over play the central role in keeping their children and families healthy... Read more (PDF)

Literacy and Violence Against Women:
Women in grassroots community programs and national and international forums around the globe are confronting the problem of gender-based violence... Read more (PDF)

Literacy and Self Sufficiency for Women:
Women everywhere tend to be more isolated than men from the resources they need to provide for themselves and their families. Yet women are becoming more responsible for supporting their families... Read more (PDF)