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Equity and inclusion 5 March 2013 Women’s Day: from words to action
In 1910, Clara Zetkin, a political leader in Germany, first suggested the idea of an annual Women’s Day at the second International Conference of Working Women. Going from strength to strength, year after year in all corners of the globe, International Women’s Day has become a day of recognition, celebration...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 March 2013 Mali and Uganda: Drive to promote mother-tongue education
Education stakeholders involved in the Quality Educators for All project (Quality-Ed) have called for the promotion of mother-tongue education. This call was made at a Quality-Ed seminar held in Gulu, Uganda, from 25 February to 1 March.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 February 2013 USA: Education unions welcome Obama’s proposals on ECE
EI’s national affiliates, The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have welcomed President Obama’s proposal to dramatically increase access to early childhood education (ECE) for American students.
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Union growth 28 February 2013 The Gambia: educators’ union celebrates 76th anniversary
The Gambia Teachers’ Union (GTU) celebrated its 76th anniversary on 16 February.The theme of the celebration was “Enhanced Synergy: an Inevitable Necessity for our Unity”.
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 February 2013 Niger: Teachers union calls on government to negotiate in good faith
The Syndicat National des Agents de la Formation et de l’Education du Niger(SYNAFEN), one of EI’s national affiliates, has called on the Government to respect the country’s Constitution and urged that dialogue and not force be used to resolve conflict. It made its demands in a Statement published after it...
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Equity and inclusion 27 February 2013 UN CSW: No more words, time for action!
The 57th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW) is being held in New York, USA, from 4-15 March. This year's priority theme is: The Elimination and Prevention of all Forms of Violence against Women and Girls.
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Union renewal and development 27 February 2013 Mexico education trade union leader arrested
Elba Esther Gordillo, General Secretary of the biggest education union in Mexico, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE), is alleged to have misused more than USD 156 million from trade union funds from 2008-2012. SNTE was an EI affiliate until 2009, when it was suspended for failing to...
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Standards and working conditions 27 February 2013 New Zealand: Campaign for education support staff
EI affiliate the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI Te Riu Roa), has launched a new campaign, entitled ‘Support Staff - Supporting Success in Education’.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 February 2013 Morocco: Congress debates challenges of public education
The Syndicat national de l'enseignement-Fédération démocratique du travail (SNE-FDT) of Morocco, held its 10th Congress from 22-24 February in Marrakech. The congress theme was “All in defence of public education, the teaching profession, trade union rights and democratic freedoms”.
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Standards and working conditions 27 February 2013 Congo-Kinshasa: strike against non-payment of salaries
Members of the Centrale de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche scientifique (CSC-Enseignement), one of EI’s national affiliates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, support the teachers’ strike that started on 18 February in the South Kivu region. The strikers are protesting about the non-payment of their salaries, in...
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Standards and working conditions 25 February 2013 Lebanon: Delay in new wage scale prompts open-ended strike
EI has sent a solidarity letter supporting its national affiliates, the Teachers’ Syndicate of Lebanon (TSL),) the Ligue des professeurs de l’enseignement public du Liban (LPESPL), and the League of Technical and Vocational Teachers (CETO). It is asking its affiliates to write to the Lebanese Government, to push for the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 February 2013 Tanzania: Exam failure rates led to calls for improvement
EI is demanding greater investment in quality teachers and respect for their professional and trade union rights, in a bid to improve education quality in Tanzania. The call follows the announcement by Tanzania’s Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Dr Shukuru Kawambwa, that the country’s students performed poorly in the...
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Standards and working conditions 21 February 2013 NUTP: more engagement, less confrontation
"We want more engagement and less confrontation," says Lok Yim Pheng, the General Secretary of the National Union of the Teaching Profession of Malaysia (NUTP), the country's largest teachers' union.
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Union growth 20 February 2013 Turkey: More than 140 trade unionists arrested
EI strongly condemns the police raids that have targeted members and leaders of the public sector confederation, KESK, early in the morning on Tuesday, 19 February.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 February 2013 Teacher unions discuss education issues in Europe
On 7 February, a meeting was held between two EI affiliates, the Greek Federation of Secondary State School Teachers (OLME) and the German Gewerkschaft Erziehung and Wissenschaft(GEW) in Athens, Greece. They held a press conference focused on common problems in the education sector and for teachers in their countries, as...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 February 2013 Post-2015 Global Consultation on Education
UNICEF and UNESCO have launched an e-discussion on Governance and Financing of Education. The consultation runs through the 24th of February.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 February 2013 Malaysia: Students to get extra insurance coverage
The National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP), one of EI’s national affiliates, has broadly welcomed the government’s announcement of additional insurance being offered to schoolchildren. However, it also called on the Government to address school-bus facilities.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 February 2013 Finland: Educa-fair addresses quality education
On 25-26 January, around 14,000 teachers attended in Helsinki the Educa-fair, including members of one of EI’s national affiliates, the Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö(OAJ). The Fair featured presentations and discussions on ways to improve education and around 200 companies exhibited their education materials and services.
Finland: Educa-fair addresses quality education