Education is one of the best ways for people to lift themselves out of poverty, and a powerful weapon in the fight against AIDS. Education is often seen as a privilege. It is not. It is one of many human rights that poor people are denied every day.
Eight year old Sima during lessons in class three of a government primary school in Chandpur, Bangladesh
However, 72 million children in the world’s poorest countries – 57% of them girls – are denied a primary education while around 750 million adults are considered illiterate.
