Female illiteracy and the overall educational status of women in Islamic societies are the two main themes of this collection of conference papers. The papers include: THe Eradication of Female Illiteracy in Kirghizia: the Historical Situation (1920-1930) (I. S. Boldzhurova); Women's Education in Kirghiszstan (R. Achylova); Literacy and Education Issues in Kirghizia (I. G. Kitaev); The Development of Women's Literacy in Uzbekistan (D. B. Kuldashiev); Women's Teacher-Training Colleges and Women's Education in the USSR (S. M. Isaev); Vocational Training of Women in the USSR as Part of Continuing Education (V. A. Sudarikov); Literacy for Women in the Context of Islamic Culture: The Case of the Arab States (A. W. Youssif); Looking at Literacy Efforts in General and in Islamic Countries in Particular (S. Maknoon); Education of Women and Girls: A Pressing Imperative (N. Aksornkool); Campaigning against Illiteracy among Women in China (L. Chiun-Xiang); Girls' Education in Bahrain (H. Khamiri); Literacy for Women in Bangladesh (M. Ikfat); Women's Literacy in Egypt (S. Sharaka); Women and Non-Formal Education in Jordan (A. Alawneh); Girls' and Womens' Literacy in the Syrian Arab Republic (G. A. Jabi); and Literacy Activities in Turkey (S. Kapusuzoglu). Four annexes also are included: (1) Recommendations of the International Seminar on Literacy and Lifelong Education for Women (Frunze); (2) List of Foreign Participants; (3) List of Participants from the USSR; and (4) Programme. (DB)