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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 June 2008 EI to hold press conference on "Let's Go Campaign" in Berlin
Together with the European Student Union (ESU) and its member organisation, the Freier Zusammenschluss von StudentInnenschaften (FZS), EI and its member organisation, the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW), are holding a press conference in Berlin on 12 June to present their joint campaign called "Let's Go".
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Equity and inclusion 11 June 2008 Teacher union in Ghana releases new study on child labour
This week, as part of Education International’s campaign against child labour, the Ghanaian affiliates, led by the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) launched a new research study entitled: “National Child Labour Situation and Teacher Unions’ Best Practices and Challenges in This Field”.
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Union growth 11 June 2008 Zimbabwe: Teacher unionists under attack again
Harassment and intimidation of teachers and their trade unions continues in Zimbabwe in the lead-up to the June 27 election to determine whether Robert Mugabe of the ZANU-PF or his opposition challenger Morgan Tsvangirai will win the presidency.
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Leading the profession 11 June 2008 EI to present the Declaration of Professional Ethics at UNESCO's summer university
EI will be presenting educators' views on corruption and professional code of conduct at the summer university organised by UNESCO’s International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP).
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 June 2008 EI appeals on behalf of Iranian teacher unjustly facing death penalty
Education International has taken up the cause of Farzad Kamangar, a 32-year-old Iranian teacher and trade unionist who has been repeatedly tortured in custody and sentenced to death by the Tehran Revolutionary Court.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 June 2008 UK: UCU's greylisting of the University of Keele to begin on 13 June
The University and College Union (UCU) will "greylist" the University of Keele from 13 June. The term greylisting refers to a voluntary refusal to participate in the academic and other university activities where appropriate at Keele.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 6 June 2008 "Moment of truth" at the WTO
The Director General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, says negotiations aimed at liberalizing the trade in agriculture, industrial products and services have progressed to their final critical stage.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 6 June 2008 New IP treaty proposed
The European Union, the United States and Canada are negotiating a new international agreement intended to combat global infringements of intellectual property.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 6 June 2008 EI and PSI at the WTO Public Forum
Education International and Public Services International will be hosting a session at the 2008 WTO Public Forum on September 24-25 in Geneva.
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2008 Asia Pacific teacher leaders criticize Burmese military
A month after Burma’s devastating cyclone left 133,000 people dead or missing, the chair of EI’s Asia Pacific Regional Committee has lashed out at the Burmese military government for continuing to thwart humanitarian and rescue operations by international aid agencies.
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Union renewal and development 5 June 2008 EI encourages affiliates to support international relief agencies in providing humanitarian assistance and restoring education in China
Education International expresses its continued solidarity with the victims of the massive earthquake that struck Sichuan on May 12th.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 June 2008 Iraqi Teachers’ Union asserts its independence from all political blocs
The Iraqi Teachers’ Union (ITU) is calling on its members and branch leaders to be vigilant in protecting their organisation from being used by any political party or group in the months leading up to the governorate elections expected before October.
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Union renewal and development 30 May 2008 Worlds of Education 26 is now on-line
The latest edition of EI’s flagship magazine is now availablehere .
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 May 2008 Teachers Against Cyberbullying
Around 50.000 teachers in Germany are victims of cyberbullying, the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW) reveales in a study on cyberbullying released on 27 May.
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Union renewal and development 27 May 2008 Teacher Trade Unions meet in Georgia
EI has brought together representatives of the teacher unions from the non-EU countries in southeastern Europe to discuss the strengthening of their organisations and the kind of support which they would like to receive from EI.
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Union growth 23 May 2008 Zimbabwe: Solidarity with teachers and trade unionists
Teachers and human and trade union rights activists worldwide are invited to support their colleagues in Zimbabwe by responding to theEI Urgent Action Appeal . So far, over a dozen teacher unions have condemned the violations of basic human and trade union rights against teachers.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 May 2008 Sierra Leone: EFAIDS gathers momentum
A four day EFAIDS training of trainers workshop took place from March 19-22 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The meeting brought together teachers from across the country and engaged them with EFAIDS issues which will then be communicated to wider audiences of teachers and learners in their workplaces and regions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 May 2008 Kenya: KNUT’s commitment to EFAIDS unshaken by unrest
The post-election unrest in Kenya has not dulled the commitment of the Kenya National Union of Teachers to advancing EFA and halting HIV and AIDS. The union gathered forty of their members in Ngong Town, southern Kenya, to participate in a national training of trainers (TOTs) session on April 23,...
Kenya: KNUT’s commitment to EFAIDS unshaken by unrest