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How digital, mobile literature can foster gender equality

How digital, mobile literature can foster gender equality

Contributed by: Giulia Pelosi
Published: 04/04/2018
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By Giulia Pelosi, Worldreader Gender Specialist

Literature Matters: The democracy of reading

Contributed by: Philip Pullman
Published: 26/02/2018
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For the second of our Literature Matters event RSL Vice President Philip Pullman discusses the importance of reading.

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