To help decrease the gender gap in technology use throughout the world, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the WomenConnect Challenge—a global call for solutions to improve women’s participation in everyday life by meaningfully changing the ways women and girls access and use technology...
April 30 marks the deadline for organizations committed to the advancement of literacy to apply for the 2018 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. Created and supported by philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, the Literacy Awards Program is designed to broaden and stimulate public understanding of the essential role of literacy in...
The Global Digital Library (GDL) launched today with an event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The GDL aims to promote early-grade literacy worldwide by making storybooks and other reading materials available in more than 100 languages by 2020. All GDL resources are free and available in digital and print-ready form. The Norwegian...
Even as technology revolutionizes the world, 1.7 billion women in low- and middle-income countries still do not own mobile phones, and the gap between the number of men and women using the Internet has grown steadily over the past three years. To help address this issue, USAID has launched the WomenConnect Challenge—a global...
Reminder: Sunday, April 15, marks the application deadline from a call for reading/literacy researchers. The Global Reading Network (GRN) and the Central American and Caribbean Early Literacy Network seek local reading/literacy researchers from five LAC countries to develop a long-term research proposal and...
A new article from the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) blog recommends a consultative approach in bringing high-quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) to scale in developing countries. The article discusses GPE’s new Better Learning and Development at Scale (BELDS) initiative, which aims to help improve ECCE...
The Global Reading Network (GRN) and the Central American and Caribbean Early Literacy Network are seeking local reading/literacy researchers from five LAC countries to develop a long-term research proposal and related country-based policy briefs focused on gaps identified by AIR’s LAC Reads Capacity Program...
“Giving the child a world-class education is our aim. In Nigeria, we talk about availability of resources that we have, but our tomorrow is really the Nigerian child. That is why education ought to be our paramount focus.” Mrs. Oludolapo Odunlami, the Proprietress of Rainbow College, Lagos, Nigeria,...
A new guidebook commissioned jointly by All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) and Digital Learning for Development (DL4D) outlines key principles for developing digital games for developing countries. The Guide to Developing Digital Games for Early Grade Literacy in Developing Countries...
The U.S. Library of Congress invites organizations committed to the advancement of literacy to apply for the 2018 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. Created and supported by philanthropist David M. Rubenstein, the Literacy Awards Program is...
