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Trade union rights are human rights 14 December 2009 Ethiopia: Further delays in the registration request of the alternative Ethiopian teacher association NTA
One year after it was refused registration by the Ministry of Justice, the National Teachers Association (NTA) is still deprived of legal status in Ethiopia.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 December 2009 African teacher unions pledge continuing activism for HIV/AIDS and EFA
Teacher union activists working on the EI EFAIDS Programme gathered in Grand Bassam in Cote d’ Ivoire from 7 – 11 December 2009 to assess their progress to date on educating for HIV prevention and working to achieve EFA, and to plan a full programme of activities for 2010.
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News 14 December 2009 Unions have solutions to climate crisis
Amidst a mounting sense of urgency about the need to save our warming planet, trade unionists from all continents gathered in Copenhagen to coordinate their efforts to push world leaders towards an ambitious climate agreement that incorporates provisions for a just transition to a sustainable world with more green, decent...
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 December 2009 Interview with Denis Burke of the World AIDS Campaign
Denis Burke of the World AIDS Campaign emphasises the importance of approaching HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment work from a human rights perspective.
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Union growth 10 December 2009 International Human Rights Day: EI condemns attacks on Somali graduation ceremony
As the world marks 10 December, International Human Rights Day, Education International once again asserts that the right to education is a fundamental and inalienable right of every person, and denounces last week’s bombing of a graduation ceremony in Somalia.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2009 EI supports demands by academic community in Latvia
On 1 December, Latvian Higher Education Staff and Student Unions held a demonstration against budget cuts in the higher education and research sector. EI offers its full solidarity to the Latvian academic community, and has, together with ETUCE, made clear its support for the demands being made.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 December 2009 EI launches Declaration on Schools as Safe Sanctuaries
Acid attacks on Afghan girls, drive-by shootings of Colombian teachers, assassination of Iraqi academics and students, arson of schools in Thailand: These are only a few examples of the increasing violent political and military attacks on education. Urging the world to protect and defend education, EI has issued a formal...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 December 2009 EI remains vigilant to keep education out of trade deals
Trade Ministers from around the world meeting in Geneva ended their discussions on 2 December by reaffirming their political commitment to concluding talks on a new global trade pact in 2010, even as deep differences remain.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2 December 2009 Behind the scenes at the WTO
The second day of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva has seen trade ministers shift their deliberations about the future of the multilateral trading system to closed working sessions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 December 2009 World AIDS Day 2009: Teachers commitment strong as universal access deadline looms
As 2010 the target year for the fulfilment of universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support approaches teacher unions around the world are using World AIDS Day 2009 as an opportunity to redouble their work on AIDS and equally to petition governments to make the investment necessary to overcome...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 30 November 2009 Keep education and public services out of WTO agreements
At the World Trade Organization’s 7th Ministerial Conference in Geneva, EI is urging trade ministers to keep education and other public services off the table.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 27 November 2009 EI insists education is not a commodity
Education and other public services are basic human rights, which must not be viewed as commodities or be subjected to commercial trade rules.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 November 2009 EI condemns shooting by gunman at Pecs University in Hungary
A student opened fire on classmates at Pecs University in southern Hungary, killing one student and wounding three persons, before turning himself in.
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Union renewal and development 25 November 2009 European education unions meet in Warsaw
More than 300 teachers and education workers from 46 countries across Europe, meeting in Warsaw for the EI Regional Conference and ETUCE General Assembly, were asked to take a decision on a resolution to amend the bylaws of the organisation to create a unified structure of political leadership and a...
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Equity and inclusion 25 November 2009 European unions mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Delegates at the European regional conference in Warsaw heard a presentation on the continuing and pervasive problem of violence against women and strategies to combat it in their unions and beyond.
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Equity and inclusion 25 November 2009 Statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
There are NO excuses. Violence against women is a matter of inequality between women and men. Teacher unions have a key role to play in combating gender-based violent attitudes and EI renews its commitments for human rights and equality between women and men.
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Union growth 24 November 2009 Turkey: 22 teachers unionists released after 6 months of unjustified detention
“They are free. Egitim-Sen would like to thank you for your strong support. This is the success of international solidarity,” wrote Mehmet Bozgeyik, General Secretary of the Turkish teacher union to EI.
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Standards and working conditions 24 November 2009 Algeria: Teachers forced to prolong strike after government refused to negotiate
Algerian teachers have been forced to prolong their one-week strike started on 8 Nov, after the government threatened to block their industrial action.
Algeria: Teachers forced to prolong strike after government refused to negotiate