Four years ago, our areas of investment expanded beyond biomedicine to support young leaders addressing issues like civicliteracy and engagement and community building.
It is essential that literacy programmes incorporate the values of peace, human rights and civic values, if literacy is to become a true means of empowerment.
If e-books encourage people to read more, that's good for public libraries -- which have a core mission to foster literacy and community engagement with information, culture and civic life.