Didima Assiate breastfeeds her son Asanami in a class for mothers in the village of Kako in south-west Ivory Coast. ‘I am not sure yet what we will learn in this class. But the teacher has already taught me the alphabet,’ she says. ‘I am here because I hope this will help me with my work on the market and I might be able to help my son with his homework.’ The classes run three times a week for two hours to teach women how to read, write and count

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