Iran: Over 5.5 million women are illiterate

The National Center of Statistics in Iran announced that 5,569,044 of the illiterate population in the country are women.

According to this center, there are 117,867 girl children between 6 and 9 years of age who are illiterate. The number of illiterate girls between 10 and 14 years of age is 37,915. The number of young women between 15 and 19 years who are illiterate was also announced to be 58,163. (The state-run Farhangian News website, August 3, 2017)