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Purpose of Blog:
This blog will be documenting my research concerning female literacy and related health improvements. My original project was to collect information and statistics from various sources and databases and create a cumulative source documenting the positive effect of female literacy on women and children’s health in developing African countries. Having completed this research paper, I am now maintaining this blog as a place to share my further findings on the subject of female literacy and its effects on health, etc.



Some quick facts:
Female literacy has been shown to have a positive effect on health because “educated women are more likely to be employed and to earn more than less-educated women” (Daniell & Mortensen , 2007, p. 278), “an extra year of girls’ education can reduce infant mortality by 5-10 percent” and “educated mothers are about 50 percent more likely to immunize their children than uneducated mothers are” (Herz & Sperling, , 2004, p. 4).


References:
Daniell, B., & Mortensen, P. (2007). Women and literacy. New York: Taylor & Francis Group.
 Herz, B., & Sperling G. (2004). What works in girls’ education? New York: Council on Foreign Relations Inc.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF


UNICEF, the United Nations Childrens Fund, is an incredible advocate for international humanitarian work. Their many literacy programs are contributing to the growing strength of young and feminine voices around the world. This Halloween, they have a creative and catchy program to help our US children raise money to help educate and feed their brothers and sisters around the world! Check it out at http://youth.unicefusa.org/trickortreat/!
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