Ulrike Hanemann is an independent international literacy and education specialist.

Promoting Literacy for More Peaceful, Just and Sustainable Societies

A literacy class held in the backyard of the facilitator's home in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2007. Photo: Ulrike Hanemann
Women participating in a public reading and writing competition in rural Bangladesh, 2007. Photo: Ulrike Hanemann

In addition to being a key component of lifelong learning, literacy is, above all, a fundamental human right.