Although there has been progress over the years – Africa, for instance, has seen literacy rates more than double since 1970 – almost one billion adults in the world are still illiterate. Being illiterate is obviously detrimental to your human rights. Those who cannot read or write will find it much more difficult to know their rights and to know the ways to protect their rights.
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70% of the illiterate are female. The female population is already disproportionately affected by rights violations, and this isn’t going to help.
There’s a more descriptive post about the right to education here.
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