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Equity and inclusion 8 March 2011 International Women’s Day: Invest in education of girls!
There is no tool more effective for development and poverty reduction than the education of girls. Today, on International Women’s Day, EI demands greater investment in and political commitment to achieving this goal.
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Equity and inclusion 8 March 2011 8 March: EI celebrates International Women' Day
Women around the world continue to face systemic discrimination and inequality in education opportunities and access to decent work.
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Standards and working conditions 7 March 2011 Kenya: Unionists demand permanent contracts for teachers
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) acting national chairman Wilson Sossion has urged the government to stop hiring teachers under fixed-term contracts.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 March 2011 GCE General Assembly elects new Board
A new Global Campaign for Education (GCE) Board has been elected to steer the movement for the next three years at the 4th GCE General Assembly held 23-24 February in Paris.
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Equity and inclusion 3 March 2011 EI Demands Gender Pay Equity Now!
March 5 is European Equal Pay Day which serves to remind us all that a gender pay gap still exists within every single European country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 March 2011 Cyprus: teacher unions urge Turkey to end political and economic pressure
Cyprus: Union urges Turkey to end political and economic pressure EI affiliate, the Cyprus Turkish Teachers’ Trade Union (KTOS), has joined other national unions to denounce the impact of AKP policies on education workers in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 March 2011 GMR 2011: Armed conflict stalls EFA progress
Armed conflict is destroying the hopes and aspirations of generations of children, youth and adults on a previously undocumented scale, reveals the 2011 edition of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (GMR).
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Union growth 1 March 2011 EI combats attacks on teachers' union rights
The threat from the hard-line Republican Governor of Wisconsin, Scott Walker to remove teachers’ collective bargaining rights, as well as health and pension benefits, has brought thousands of pro-union activists onto US streets.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 March 2011 Pakistan: Striking teachers win negotiations for better conditions
More than 7,000 Pakistani teachers have called off their indefinite strike after the Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, issued a special directive in relation to upgrading teachers’ conditions bringing uniformity to pay scales within the education system.
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Union renewal and development 1 March 2011 ETUCE Committee elects new Vice President
At its two-day meeting in Brussels, Belgium, the ETUCE Committee has elected Monika Konczyk, from NSZZ Solidarnosc, in Poland, as the new Vice President for the Europe Region of Education International.
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Standards and working conditions 1 March 2011 New York City threatens massive teacher redundancies
Amid stout battles to save collective bargaining rights for teachers, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and National Education Association (NEA) have learned that up to 5,000 teachers are threatened with redundancy in New York.
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 February 2011 Greece: Teacher unions join forces to fight neo-liberal policies
The Greek Federation of Secondary Education School Teachers (OLME) and the Primary Education Teachers’ Federation (DOE) are protesting against austerity measures which are damaging education by holding a 48-hour strike.
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Equity and inclusion 25 February 2011 Sexual violence: combating impunity in DRC
EI has welcomed the conviction and sentencing of high-ranking officers in the Congolese army for committing mass rapes of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 February 2011 A season of change in the Arab world
The speed of political and social change in the Middle East and North Africa has astounded the international community.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 February 2011 Historian of education defends teachers’ right to organise
Eminent academic Diane Ravitch has delivered a stinging rebuke of Wisconsin's Governor, Scott Walker, and his efforts to reduce pay of teachers and public sector workers, while restricting their collective bargaining and union rights.
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Union renewal and development 24 February 2011 New Zealand: Unions support teachers after massive earthquake
EI affiliates in New Zealand are bringing urgent relief to teachers and students in communities that were badly affected by a devastating earthquake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, which struck the region around Christchurch on 22 February.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 February 2011 Rising food prices push 44 million more people into extreme poverty
The World Bank has expressed its concerns about rising food prices and the subsequent impact on those in the poorest countries.
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Equity and inclusion 23 February 2011 Women bloggers help to shape UN agenda
Trade union women are giving workers a voice to share their experiences on a joint ITUC-PSI-EI blog dedicated to the United Nations’ 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Women bloggers help to shape UN agenda