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Standards and working conditions 10 September 2008 Moldova: review of salary urgently needed
In support of its member organisation the Education and Science Trade Union (ESTU), EI has requested the education minister of Moldova, Larisa Savga, to open a dialogue with the teacher union to review teachers' salary.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 September 2008 "Let’s Go! - Where to now?" Conference on Staff and Student Mobility
The final phase of the Mobility Campaign "Let’s Go!" will end with a conference at University Charles de Gaulle Lille 3, Villeneuve d 'Ascq, France, on 6th and 7th October 2008.
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Leading the profession 9 September 2008 Latest OECD report promotes private funding over public investment, says Education International
The expansion of quality education can be sustained only as a public service and as a responsibility of governments, says EI in reaction to the OECD's report, released today, Education at a Glance 2008.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 September 2008 Global Labour University, Campinas, Brazil: deadline extended to September 20th
The final deadline to apply for the Global Labour University programme at the University of Campinas in Brazil has been extended to September 20th.
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Standards and working conditions 5 September 2008 Teachers Matter! Celebrate World Teachers' Day with millions of educators worldwide on 5 October
Every day, in millions of classrooms around the world, the universal endeavour of teaching and learning takes place. The gift of literacy is passed from one generation to the next, along with love of learning and thirst for knowledge. When knowledge is shared, skills are gained and lives can be...
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 September 2008 World AIDS Day 2008: Participate in the "One Hour on AIDS" initiative!
For World AIDS Day on 1 December 2008, EI invites its member organisations to participate in the "One Hour on AIDS" initiative.
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Union renewal and development 1 September 2008 EI launches the Education and Solidarity Network
EI has launched a new Education and Solidarity Network to help strengthen and develop solidarity-based social protection systems by mobilising professionals from the education sector around the world.
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Standards and working conditions 20 August 2008 COPE-UNESCO-UNICEF conference on "Improving Status of Teachers" a success
Together with UNESCO and UNICEF, EI's sub-regional organisation, the Council of Pacific Educators (COPE) organised a conference on "Improving the Status of Teachers as per ILO-UNESCO's 1966 Recommendation and promoting Children's Rights to Quality Education" from 18-20 August 2008 in Nadi, Fiji.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 August 2008 Farzad Kamangar: sentenced to death after a five-minute trial
On 25 February 2008, the Tehran Revolutionary Court sentenced Farzad Kamangar to death on charges of "endangering national security" and "enmity against God" (moharebe). The death penalty was confirmed by the Supreme Court on 11 July.
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Union renewal and development 14 August 2008 Georgia-Russia conflict: humanitarian crisis growing
The humanitarian crisis as a result of the conflict in Georgia is growing despite the declaration of a ceasefire and the commitment to the withdrawal of Russian troops.
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Union growth 14 August 2008 EI launches urgent action appeal for Iranian teacher Farzad Kamangar
EI launched an urgent action appeal on 14 August in a bid to save Farzad Kamangar, a 33-year old teacher and former trade unionist from the Kurdistan Province of Iran, who is currently at risk of being executed following the ruling issued at an unfair trial.
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News 13 August 2008 EI statement on the Georgia-Russia conflict
Education International welcomes the announcement that the military conflict in Georgia has ended, and calls for steps to be taken immediately to assist the families of those civilians who have been killed in the conflict and the many persons who have been displaced by the destruction of their homes. EI...
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Standards and working conditions 12 August 2008 Algeria: Teachers on hunger strike
Education International (EI) has sent a message of solidarity to its affiliates in Algeria regarding the 35 teachers on hunger strike since 15 July 2008.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 August 2008 Iran: Kamangar’s defenders suffer reprisals
Three teachers who joined a committee in support of Farzad Kamangar have been imprisoned, and several other trade unionists who have been calling for re-examination of his case are now receiving threats and phone calls from the Ministry of Intelligence, which does not hesitate to call family members of activists...
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Equity and inclusion 7 August 2008 Statement on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, states that “everyone has the right to education.”
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Union renewal and development 7 August 2008 "Terima kasih!" say the children of Kampong Bawah Awe [Photo story]
Please click on the pictures to start the slideshow.
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Leading the profession 5 August 2008 EI analyses World Bank study
In a recent study entitled “Education Quality and Economic Growth”, the World Bank explores the strong link between educational quality and economic growth. However, the study’s definition of educational quality and some of the measures proposed for improving educational quality may be controversial.
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Standards and working conditions 4 August 2008 Brazilian teachers win national standard professional wage scale
Brazilian educators are celebrating a new law that establishes a national standard salary, bringing to an end decades of inequity between teachers’ salaries in different regions of the country.
Brazilian teachers win national standard professional wage scale