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Union renewal and development 1 April 2010 Unions call for decent work while rebuilding Haiti
In its statement today at the United Nations International Donors' Conference towards a New Future for Haiti, held in New York, the United States, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) reiterated that "decent work must be central to the reconstruction efforts of Haiti and to shape a new development model...
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Union renewal and development 31 March 2010 Latest "Worlds of Education" now online
Hope for Haiti: The new edition of EI’s flagship magazine focuses on the solidarity shown by teachers worldwide after the devastating January earthquake.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2010 Learning for Life: Teachers educating students on HIV and AIDS
The EFAIDS Programme partners Education International, the Education Development Centre and the World Health Organisation present the most recent EFAIDS resource ‘Learning for Life: Classroom Activities for HIV and AIDS education’ a toolkit destined to support teachers to address themes relating to HIV and AIDS with their students.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2010 SNEC carries out a survey of school facilities in Bamako [VIDEO]
Dilapidated buildings with cracked walls, filthy toilets with open plumbing and classrooms devoid of all but the most limited resources. These were the shocking conditions uncovered by Malian teacher union SNEC who carried out a survey of public school facilities at primary and secondary level in the urban area of...
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2010 Ghana: providing teachers with the incentive to stay teaching is key to quality education
Ghanaian teacher unions, GNAT and TEWU, under their national EFAIDS Programme recognised that the number of teachers leaving the profession each year is a challenge to achieving Education for all in Ghana. Recognising that identifying the cause of the problem, is key to addressing the problem they sponsored a survey...
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2010 Argentinean union shares experience of HIV and AIDS work with Costa Rica
Roxana Rogalski and Mariela Cimadevilla, coordinators of the national EFAIDS Programme of Argentinean teacher union CTERA shared their expertise on HIV and AIDS themes with the union leadership of Costa Rican unions ANDE and SEC during a workshop in San José, Costa Rica in late February.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2010 Research by Rwandan union to inform improved support to Teachers living with HIV
A 2000 survey in Rwanda by the National Population Office found that less than a third of respondents believed that people living with HIV should continue working. Almost a decade later, Rwandan teacher union SYPERWA (Unions of Education Personnel in Rwanda) set out to examine current attitudes towards teachers living...
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2010 Three questions to Mor Mbengue, Senegalese EFAIDS Coordinator
Mor Mbengue, coordinates COSSEL (Senegalese committee of teacher unions for EFA and against AIDS) and is Deputy General Secretary of Senegalese union UDEN. During the 5th Francophone Conference on HIV and AIDS in Casablanca in late March he will present CARVEE (Committee of Action and Research on Vulnerability in the...
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Standards and working conditions 23 March 2010 Kuwait: "Strong, independent and democratic trade unions are necessary to protect teachers' rights and employment conditions," says EI General Secretary
Education, both secular and religious, can promote democratic principles and social justice while preparing students to cope with the complexities of adult life, EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen told 500 teachers attending the annual conference of the Kuwait Teachers’ Society on 23 March.
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Union renewal and development 18 March 2010 A wave of solidarity: Rebuilding education in Aceh
Five years after the cataclysmic tsunami of December 2004, Education International is proud to release a video documentary on its most ambitious development cooperation project ever – to build and equip 35 schools in the devastated region of Aceh, Indonesia.
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Union growth 18 March 2010 Dreadful toll of assassinations mounts in Colombia
Colombian teacher Duvian Dario Rojo Cadavid and his wife were enjoying an early evening walk together in the municipal park of their home town of Puerto Berrío when they were shot dead by unknown assailants on 13 March, the day before senatorial elections. Their deaths bring the total number of...
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 March 2010 EI affiliates in Zambia agree to merge
The three EI affiliates in Zambia have agreed to merge to improve their bargaining power and to better enable members to provide quality education to their students.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 March 2010 EI attends launch of European Higher Education area at Bologna Anniversary Ministerial Conference
The Ministers responsible for higher education in 47 countries of Europe gathered at the 10th Anniversary Bologna Ministerial Conference, celebrated on 11-12 Mar in Budapest and Vienna, for the official launch of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA).
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Leading the profession 12 March 2010 UK: EI member organisations react to report on racism in schools
Two EI member organisations reacted to the Maurice Smith Review released today, which recommends that "teachers in England should not be banned from membership of the British National Party (BNP) or any group which may promote racism".
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Union renewal and development 11 March 2010 Teachers worldwide display solidarity and generosity towards Haitian colleagues
To date, a total of 250,000 US dollars have been raised after the Urgent Action Appeal launched by EI for Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit the country on 12 Jan.
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Equity and inclusion 11 March 2010 Canada: New CTF study highlights experiences of Aboriginal teachers
A major study of the professional knowledge and experience of Aboriginal teachers in Canadian public schools was released today at a special Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) event on Aboriginal education.
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Standards and working conditions 8 March 2010 Lebanon: teachers held strike of unprecedented scale to demand salary improvement
Lebanese teachers have so far received no response from the authorities concerning their demand of 24 Feb. Thousands of teachers from public secondary schools and vocational institutes took part in an industrial action that day, which was unprecedented in size and turnout.
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Equity and inclusion 8 March 2010 Teacher unions and civil society organisations discuss the issue of homophobia at the UNCSW
A panel on “Homophobia within the Education System” was held on 5 Mar in New York at the 54th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Teacher unions and civil society organisations discuss the issue of homophobia at the UNCSW