Editing Literacy (section)

====Brazil====
In 1964, [[Paulo Freire]] was arrested and exiled for teaching peasants to read.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lownd |first=Peter |title=Freire's Life and Work |url=http://www.paulofreireinstitute.org/PF-life_and_work_by_Peter.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210202602/http://www.paulofreireinstitute.org/PF-life_and_work_by_Peter.html |archive-date=2006-12-10 |website=Paulo Freire Institute at UCLA}}</ref> However, since democracy returned to Brazil, there has been a steady increase in the percentage of literate people.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baer |first=Werner |title=The Brazilian economy: growth and development |year=2007 |publisher=L. Rienner |isbn=978-1-588-26475-6 |edition=6th |location=Boulder, CO |page=7}}</ref> Educators with the Axé project in the city of [[Salvador, Bahia|Salvador, Bahía]], attempt to improve literacy rates among [[Youth in Brazil|urban youth]], especially youth living on the streets, through the use of cultural music and dances. Then, "they are encouraged to go on learning and become professional artists."<ref name="Bernhardt-2014">{{Cite journal |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Anna Caroline |last2=Yorozu |first2=Rika |last3=Medel-Añonuevo |first3=Carolyn |year=2014 |title=Literacy and life skills education for vulnerable youth: What policy makers can do |journal=International Review of Education |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=279–299 |bibcode=2014IREdu..60..279B |doi=10.1007/s11159-014-9419-z |s2cid=143930297}}</ref>{{rp|284}}