Literacy Program in Kosovo Targets Rural Women, Girls
A memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology
and USAID's Girls and Women Literacy Project marked the official launch of the first phase of non-formal education in 10 Kosovo municipalities.
Today, 25 women literacy centers operate, serving almost 400 girls and women with classes offered three times a week with trained and experienced teachers. The project includes basic and advanced reading, writing and numeracy classes for 750 rural girls and women. The classes use "Window of Life", a text book designed to accommodate the needs of the illiterate, primarily women and young girls, by addressing topics related to women's and children's rights, tolerance and peace building, domestic violence, health/nutrition issues, life skills, and civic education.
The project builds upon a successful initiative of the Non-Formal Education Section, a section within the Ministry dealing with alternative education, which initiated the Women's Literacy Project, a project implemented through 130 literacy centers in 19 municipalities. These centers were managed by local women's groups and they were established as alternative education premises. The Rural Women Literacy Classes is implemented by the UNICEF.
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