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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 September 2013 Latin America: Putting education at the heart of social transformation
About 700 teachers came together at EI’s Latin America Regional conference entitled Towards a Latin American Pedagogical Movement, taking place from 19-21 September in Recife, Brazil. Over the three days, educators and trade unionists from 18 countries are debating new educational proposals and sharing their vision of a transformative public...
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Union renewal and development 21 September 2013 Latin America: Putting education at the heart of social transformation
About 700 teachers came together at EI’s Latin America Regional conference entitled Towards a Latin American Pedagogical Movement, taking place from 19-21 September in Recife, Brazil.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2013 Asia-Pacific education unionists mobilise for quality public education
Around 400 participants at the 7th EI Asia-Pacific Regional Conference celebrated the pre-launch of EI’s campaign, Unite for Quality Education - Better education for a better world. The one-year campaign will be launched simultaneously in New York and Paris on 4 October.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2013 Making Education a Priority in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
The Global Thematic Consultation on Education in the Post-2015 Development Agenda was co-led by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The Consultation's report, to which Education International has given extensive input, has been published.
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Equity and inclusion 19 September 2013 EI regional conferences: Gender equality at heart of discussions
Kuala Lumpur: More than 80 trade unionists from the Asia-Pacific region gathered at the Women’s Caucus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, prior to the 7th EI regional conference. The Caucus theme was: “Achieving gender equality through ending discrimination (against women and girls) in education”.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 September 2013 Asia-Pacific educators underline need for quality public education
Over 400 education unionists are gathered from 18-20 September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for the 7th EI Asia-Pacific regional conference. They will be holding debates on the theme: “Quality Public Education - Building Asia-Pacific’s Social and Economic Future”.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 September 2013 Egypt: Detained Canadian academics on hunger strike
Two Canadian academics detained in Egypt have embarked on a hunger strike on Monday 16 September to protest the extension of their detention. Dr. Tarek Loubani and John Greyson will drink only fruit juice.
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Standards and working conditions 18 September 2013 Uganda: Teachers strike over failure to receive salary increments
Monday, 16 September, marked the first day of industrial action by the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), an EI affiliate. Teachers across Uganda are protesting at the Government’s failure to pay teachers a 20 per cent salary increment. After a series of negotiations and a teachers’ strike in 2011, an...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 September 2013 Seoul consultation deepens understanding of global citizenship education
When the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launched his Global Education First Initiative in 2012, he identified global citizenship education as one of the initiative’s three priorities areas, recognizing the role of education in creating more just, peaceful, tolerant and inclusive societies.
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Union growth 16 September 2013 Participation of young people in education and the labour market
Eurostat published an article on participation of young people in education and the labour market on 12 July 2013. The article explains how youth unemployment in the EU is measured and how youth unemployment rates are affected by the transition of young adults from education to the labour market.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 September 2013 New publication: Labour market outcomes of vocational education in Europe - Evidence from the European Union labour force survey
CEDEFOP published on 19 June 2013 the publication Labour market outcomes of vocational education in Europe - Evidence from the European Union labour force survey.
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Union growth 16 September 2013 EU investment for education and youth employability pays off, OECD report confirms
On 25 June 2013 the OECD report Education at a Glance 2013 was launched. This is an annual report analysing the education systems of the 34 OECD member countries, including 21 EU member states (Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Romania are not part of the OECD and therefore...
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 September 2013 ETUCE Workshop in Athens on ICT and Early school leaving
On Friday, 20th September 2013, ETUCE organizes a workshop on how to prevent early school leaving through the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 September 2013 CEE Round Table 2013 in Baku, Azerbaijan
The 2013 edition of the Central and East European Roundtable will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 26-28 September 2013.
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Standards and working conditions 13 September 2013 Greek teachers’ strikes as of 16 September 2013
OLME launched a five–days rolling strike as of September 16th following the decision of the teachers’ general assemblies. At the end of each 5 days strike the teachers’ general assemblies will take stock of the situation and then decide on the course of the strike action.
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Union growth 13 September 2013 Mexican teachers protest against reforms
Mexican teachers have protested en masse after the government pushed through “supplementary” or “secondary” laws aimed at changing the Education Act, in particular aspects related to teachers’ careers.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 September 2013 Spain: Complaint against reforms sent to European Commission
One of EI’s affiliates in Spain, the Federación de Enseñanza de CCOO (FECCOO), has complained to the European Commission about the text of the forthcoming Organic Law for the Improvement of Education Quality (LOMCE).
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Trade union rights are human rights 11 September 2013 US: Human rights comes centre stage for students
One of EI’s affiliate in the US, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has developed a useful toolkit designed to help the teaching of human rights in the classroom.
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