Student Research Projects

Comparable Women's Literacy Differences in India and Iran

Student Name(s)	Roxie Atkins
Faculty Mentor(s)	Dr. Laura Landolt
Department	Political Science
Course	POLS 499: Senior Seminar: Gender and Development

Abstract

My research examines differential literacy rates in India and Iran. I seek to explain why the Iranian government exhibits much stronger commitment to women's literacy than does the government of India.