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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 October 2025

   Burundi: strong trade union commitment leads to increased school attendance and eradication of child labour

   Thanks to decisive action by the STEB (Education Workers’ Union of Burundi) and support from international partners, 578 children have been able to return to school in the municipality of Ndava, 50 kilometres from Bujumbura the country’s capital. Ndava is currently the scene of an outstanding collective effort to eradicate...

   Burundi: strong trade union commitment leads to increased school attendance and eradication of child labour

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   Standards and working conditions 9 October 2025

   Education voices | International trade union cooperation promotes occupational health and safety for teachers in Burundi

   Rémy Nsengiyumva

   Since 2021, the STEB has been conducting a cooperation project with the French union SNES-FSU to improve occupational health and safety in Burundi’s schools. Rémy Nsengiyumva, President of the STEB, reflects on the progress made with this initiative, the challenges encountered, and the prospects for the future.

   Education voices | International trade union cooperation promotes occupational health and safety for teachers in Burundi

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 June 2025

   Over 1,880 children brought back to school thanks to education unions working to end child labour

   Across 6 countries in Africa, education union programmes against child labour are delivering life-changing results. In 2024 alone, over 1,880 former child labourers have been returned to classrooms in project areas in Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

   Over 1,880 children brought back to school thanks to education unions working to end child labour

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 June 2025

   Education voices | How a union is mobilising communities against child labour in Burundi

   Rémy Nsengiyumva

   Since 2021, projects run by the STEB education workers’ union of Burundi have enabled more than 900 former child workers to return to school. Remy Nsengiyumva, President of the STEB, reflects on the strategies used in these projects supported by Education International, the AOb, NEA, GEW Fair Childhood Foundation, and...

   Education voices | How a union is mobilising communities against child labour in Burundi

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   Leading the profession 23 April 2025

   Education International brings hope and effective strategies to curb child labour

   Thanks to an Education International project on child labour, working with union members and their local communities, 1,880 children were brought back to school last year in six participating countries: Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

   Education International brings hope and effective strategies to curb child labour

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   Equity and inclusion 10 December 2024

   Malawi: Coming together across borders to eradicate child labour

   Education unionists from Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe came together in Malawi to learn about successful local efforts to end child labour. From 1 to 6 December 2024, coordinators and project leaders spearheading the unions’ work against child labour had the opportunity to exchange know-how and good practice...

   Malawi: Coming together across borders to eradicate child labour