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Eradicating Ignorance: A Gendered Literacy Campaign
- Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues
- Indiana University Press
- Number 22, Fall 5772/2011
- pp. 15-31
- Article
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The Israeli adult literacy campaign, Operation Eradicate Ignorance (Hamivtza lebi'ur haba'arut, 1964-1976), brought together two groups of women from different cultural backgrounds and education. This paper analyzes recollections of participants, collected in 2005-2008, in an attempt to evaluate the consequences of this cross-cultural gendered encounter. Data suggest that the confrontation between traditional female multitasking and modern skills led to opportunities for mutual learning and empowerment.