{"id":300,"date":"2014-09-06T17:28:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/?p=300"},"modified":"2014-09-06T17:28:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T15:28:35","slug":"international-literacy-day-september-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/2014\/09\/06\/international-literacy-day-september-8\/","title":{"rendered":"International Literacy Day September 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<div class=\"subcolumns\">\n<div id=\"contentLeft\" class=\"c50l\">\n<div class=\"subcl\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The theme of International Literacy Day 2014 is \u201cLiteracy and Sustainable Development\u201d. \u00a0Literacy is one of the key elements needed to promote sustainable development, as it empowers people so that they can make the right decisions in the areas of economic growth, social development and environmental integration.\u00a0Literacy is a basis for lifelong learning and plays a crucial foundational role in the creation of sustainable, prosperous and peaceful societies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Literacy skills developed from a basic to advanced level throughout life are part of broader competencies required for critical thinking, the sense of responsibility, participatory governance, sustainable consumption and lifestyles, ecological behaviours, biodiversity protection, poverty reduction, and disaster risk reduction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">This year\u2019s International Literacy Day will be celebrated worldwide. A main global celebration will take place in Dhaka, where the Government of Bangladesh in cooperation with UNESCO will organize the International Conference on \u201cGirls\u2019 and women\u2019s literacy and education: Foundations for sustainable development and the awarding of UNESCO Literacy Prizes\u201d in support for the UN Secretary General\u2019s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8211; See more at: http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/unesco\/events\/prizes-and-celebrations\/celebrations\/international-days\/literacy-day\/#sthash.Y5Y8jDTo.dpuf<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The theme of International Literacy Day 2014 is \u201cLiteracy and Sustainable Development\u201d. \u00a0Literacy is one of the key elements needed to promote sustainable development, as it empowers people so that they can make the right decisions in the areas of economic growth, social development and environmental integration.\u00a0Literacy is a basis for lifelong learning and plays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9548,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}