Global Campaign for Education 2009: The Big Read: Youth and Adult Literacy and Lifelong Learning

The 2009 Global Action Week focused on adult literacy and life-long learning.The week gained the attention of millions of campaigners of all ages around the world – and over 14 million people took part in reading stories and adding their names to the Big Read. The Big Read brought the support of many authors and big names for education and literacy for all.

 

Arab Network for Human Rights and Citizenship Education-ANHRE participated for the first time at a high regional level in the GCE-Global Campaign for Education Action Week during the period 20-26/4/2009. ANHRE, through its regional members, implemented a number of activities and events in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan and Egypt. 

 

The most important recommendations for the networks resulted from its participation in GAW 2009 are:

 - More support for education in remote areas

 - Focus on the elderly education, especially among women

 - The need to focus on improving the quality of education

 - The importance of focusing on extracurricular activities