Reading their way out of poverty: Egyptian women hit the books
  • 14 years ago
Around 700 million people across the world are illiterate, more than two thirds of them women. In Egypt, this means around 17 million women cannot read or write. But one NGO is trying to change that -- by offering them free literacy classes. In a country where thousands of families live below the poverty line, it's an offer more and more women are taking up. Duration: 01:46.
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