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Union renewal and development 4 August 2009 The ALPO/NTAL Rural Teachers Housing Project in Liberia
Two Liberian teacher unions ALPO (All Liberian Professional Organisation) and NTAL (National Teachers Association of Liberia) have launched a community based project to construct adequate housing in rural areas for teachers.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 August 2009 Teachers killed in violent repression in Honduras
Escalating violence in Honduras against those protesting the military coup of 28 June has left two teachers dead: Roger Abraham Vallejo and Martín Florencio Rivera.
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Union renewal and development 3 August 2009 EI helps rebuild education after tsunami’s devastation
Girls in exquisite golden headdresses and traditional costumes of green and black brocade tossed pink flower blossoms as they danced to welcome visitors to the closing ceremony of Education International’s post-tsunami project in Aceh, the region of northern Sumatra most devastated by the cataclysmic tsunami of 26 December 2004.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 July 2009 Union responds to report on universities' role in moving UK out of recession
The University and College Union (UCU) said today that universities must be allowed to play their full part in helping lift the country out of recession.
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Standards and working conditions 28 July 2009 New Zealand: 2 new videos to explain primary education funding and salary
EI member organisation Te Riu Roa New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) has released two new videos for their members in the primary education sector.
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Standards and working conditions 27 July 2009 Teacher unions in Zimbabwe demand decent salaries
EI’s largest affiliates in Zimbabwe – the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) and the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) – were sharply critical of the salary increase for civil servants announced last week by the government.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 July 2009 India passes Right to Education Bill
India has passed a landmark bill providing for free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14. In a vote held 20 July, the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper House of Parliament, gave unanimous approval to The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 July 2009 USA: Education reform must be good for kids and fair to teachers
Teachers and their unions should "be the engines of real change in education," Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, told thousands of educators meeting in Washington, D.C. from 13-15 July.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 July 2009 Academic Freedom International Study
A joint publication of EI and the University and College Union of the UK, this study highlights constraints on academic freedom in five countries: Burma, Colombia, Israel, Palestine and Zimbabwe.
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Union renewal and development 14 July 2009 Quality pay and working conditions: a step towards quality education in Georgia
It is not easy to have a constructive dialogue when the speakers do not hear one another. The result usually is confrontation, conflict and failure to conclude agreements.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2009 EI secures respect for academics’ rights at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education
Education International contributed extensively to the World Conference on Higher Education which took place at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 5-8 July 2009.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 July 2009 The academic profession discussed at the World Conference on Higher Education
EI, together with close to 40 representatives from EI-affiliated higher education unions, has been actively participating in the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in Paris which started on 5 July with EI’s Vice-President Irene Duncan Adanusa intervening in one of the opening sessions.
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Standards and working conditions 7 July 2009 American teachers optimistic, despite challenges
“Hope starts here!” With a new partner in the White House, more than 15,000 American teacher trade unionists came together under this optimistic slogan at the National Education Association’s 88th Representative Assembly, 3-7 July in San Diego, California.
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Union growth 7 July 2009 EI launches Urgent Action Appeal for Turkey
In recent weeks, EI member organisation Egitim-Sen and the Confederation of Public Employees’ Unions (KESK) – to which EI’s member is affiliated – have suffered a series of attacks by the Turkish authorities, including the occupation and searches of the trade union premises by the security forces, arrest and preventive...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 July 2009 EI stresses the rights of academic staff at UNESCO's World Conference on Higher Education
In her address on the opening day of UNESCO's second World Conference on Higher Education in Paris, EI Vice-President Irene Duncan Adanusa stressed the rights of academic staff and the need for the full application of the 1997 Recommendation outlining those rights.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 July 2009 UK: "Say no to academic vandalism"
The University and College Union (UCU) which represents further and higher education staff in the United Kingdom is holding a national day of protest on 3 July.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 July 2009 Senegalese unions advocate for more support for girls’ school attendance
The Senegalese teacher unions have completed a survey of schools to identify the progress made and challenges faced in achieving gender equality in schools as part of their EFAIDS Programme.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 July 2009 Uganda: EFAIDS Boosts Training of Teachers on HIV and AIDS
The Uganda National Teachers’ Union with their EFAIDS partner the National Union of Educational Institutions held a highly successful four day ‘training of trainers’ workshop in Kampala in early June. The Master Trainers are now well equipped to carry out local level training on HIV and AIDS education for their...
Uganda: EFAIDS Boosts Training of Teachers on HIV and AIDS