On 3 June 2021, UNESCO organized an online consultation with UNESCO International Literacy Prizes’ laureates from previous years to inform this year’s theme of International Literacy Day (ILD): “The right to literacy in times of COVID-19: Contributions of distance and digital learning”.
![IRE Special Issue - Adult Literacy, Local Languages and Lifelong Learning in Rural African Contexts](https://webarchive.unesco.org/web/20210617102513im_/https://uil.unesco.org/sites/default/files/styles/horizontal_5x3_234x140/public/news/ire_0_3.jpg?itok=PuCwNL5d)