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Trade union rights are human rights 14 November 2008 Government support for launch of Costa Rican EI EFAIDS Programme
Costa Rican teacher unions, the Asociación Nacional de Educadores (ANDE) and the Sindicato de Educadores Costarricense (SEC) became the latest unions to join the EI EFAIDS Programme in late October 2008.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 November 2008 Zimbabwe: Education Fails amid Examination Debate
Zimbabwe’s teacher unions have called for action in the face of the inexorable collapse of the education system that is taking its toll on teachers and students alike.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 November 2008 Signing up for Quality Education in the Dominican Republic
Firm in its commitment to quality public education, the Dominican teacher union, the Asociación Dominicana de Profesores (ADP), is lobbying the government of the Dominican Republic to double the education budget allocation.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2008 In Search of Teachers in Tanzania
‘In Search of Teachers’ is the most recent research to emerge from the partnership between the EI EFAIDS Programme and the University of Amsterdam.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 November 2008 Gender and AIDS in the Education Sector
The Commonwealth Secretariat in cooperation with Education International has produced a report on ‘Gender, HIV/AIDS & the Status of Teachers’.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 November 2008 Interview with EI Caribbean Regional Coordinator, Virginia Albert
Virginia Albert, the EI Caribbean Regional Coordinator, spoke to us recently about the 2008 activities of the Caribbean unions under the EI EFAIDS Programme.
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Leading the profession 14 November 2008 Trade unions must be part of any solution to global financial crisis
Working people, who will bear the brunt of the global financial crisis, must have a seat at the table and a voice in the discussions about causes, consequences and possible strategies to confront the current crisis. This is the main message to the G20 from leaders of the international trade...
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News 14 November 2008 EI denounces the violence in Congo
Education International expresses its concern about the current humanitarian crisis that is affecting the civilian populations in central Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Equity and inclusion 14 November 2008 EI seminar values diversity
The first-ever EI Pan-European Equality Seminar with a focus on LGBT rights had fruitful exchange, discussion and deliberations.
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Union renewal and development 13 November 2008 Promising results in the first year of the EI Central Asia Programme
In May 2008, Education International and some of the Consortium partners (teacher unions from Australia, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the United States) were represented at the first meeting which was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to formally initiate the cooperation and partnership with the EI affiliates in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and...
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Union renewal and development 12 November 2008 Post-primary vocational education in Guinea
Marcel Larocque is the president of the Association of French Speaking Teachers of New Brunswick in Canada. In April 2008, he went to Guinea to evaluate the effects and potential for development of a post-primary education programme organised by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF). He was accompanied by the Canadian...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 November 2008 European teachers emphasize the importance of quality Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education (ECE) gives an “opportunity to help children discover the world, to develop and to be valued as capable human beings, to be confident and motivated learners and participants in society.”
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Union growth 5 November 2008 American education unions welcome Obama’s election
Both the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers have enthusiastically welcomed the election of Barack Obama, a “friend of public education,” to the White House.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 29 October 2008 WTO members warned of perils of including public services in GATS
Experts are warning members of the World Trade Organization of the risks they face if they include public services like education in trade and investment agreements.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 29 October 2008 US Trade Representative sued over Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty
A group of public interest organizations in the United States is suing the US Trade Representative office in an effort to obtain a copy of a draft treaty on intellectual property currently.
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Union growth 22 October 2008 Somalia: the end of education
Five teachers and eight students have been killed, and nearly 30, 000 more students have been deprived of the right to education after the last schools still operating in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu were closed in mid-October due to the unacceptable risk of violence.
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Union renewal and development 22 October 2008 Organizing and Development Training Program for Unions in Ramallah, Palestinian Authority
From October 19 to 21, 43 regional leaders of the General Union of Palestine Teachers (GUPT) participated in an organizing and training workshop designed to launch a series of training programs for the union to run through 2009.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 October 2008 EI launches the Barometer of Academic Mobility
At the validation conference of the campaign for full higher education staff and student mobility held in Villeneuve d'Ascq, France from 6-7 October, Education International and the European Students' Union launched the campaign publication "Barometer of Academic Mobility".
EI launches the Barometer of Academic Mobility