Articles from Lebanon
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 April 2020 Lebanon: Union draws attention to the situation of refugees amid the COVID-19 pandemic
School closures in Lebanon have affected over 1.3 million students at all levels of education. The country is host to large numbers of refugees who are most at risk during the crisis. Educators are working with the government to implement the best available solutions and call for solidarity and support...
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Union growth 23 October 2019 Lebanon: educators join nationwide protests calling for political and economic change
Education unions have expressed their support for the legitimate demands of hundreds of thousands of citizens calling for radical change in a political system accused of corruption, confessionalism and clientelism, and an end to the endless economic crisis plaguing Lebanon.
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Leading the profession 17 October 2019 “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.
Mugwena Maluleke
African nations actively participated in the development of the Sustainable Development Agenda that acknowledged the centrality of education in the achievement of all other plans for a better world. Like other nations of the world, they committed to the provision of a single, renewed education agenda that is holistic, ambitious...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 May 2018 Arab countries’ unions crucial to achieve international goals on education in their region
Arab teacher union leaders have reasserted the need for public authorities in their region to listen to teacher organisations carefully, especially concerning current burning issues in their schools, notably refugee students and educators.
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Future of work in education 15 March 2018 Lebanon: Unions highlight importance of Quality Education for All via development cooperation
Norwegian colleagues have collaborated with Education International’s Lebanese affiliates to build capacity around union strength and Quality Education for All.
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Union renewal and development 14 December 2017 Arab education unions focus on union renewal and quality education
Teacher union leaders in Arab-speaking countries have discussed ways to better engage with young and new teachers and steps necessary to achieve access to quality education for all by 2030 in their region.
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Equity and inclusion 18 October 2017 Lebanon: Education International affiliates mobilise for the right to education of Syrian refugee children
According to the UNHCR, Lebanon is currently hosting approximately one million Syrian refugees, half of which are children. Over 252,000 Syrian refugee children are of school-age, but only 30% are actually enrolled in school.
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Standards and working conditions 26 July 2017 Lebanon: Government moves to increase teachers’ salaries
After intense advocacy efforts by education unions and civil society organisations, the Lebanese parliament has passed a law providing a salary increase - for the first time in five years - for public services employees, including teachers.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 May 2017 Arab countries’ teacher union leaders commit to defend human rights and quality public education
The newly elected leadership of the Committee of Education International's Arab Countries Cross-Regional Structure has vowed to protect human and trade union rights and promote quality public education for all in the region.
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 12 April 2017 The Syrian refugee crisis is promoting a surge in privatisation
The interplay between crisis and private profit in the education sector is highlighted in a new study that focuses on the refugee crisis in Syria and the access to education of almost one million displaced children.
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Equity and inclusion 27 May 2016 Teachers’ role in securing refugee children’s rights cannot be underestimated
As violent conflict in the Middle East drives scores of children from school, teacher unions from across the region came together to address the regions' educational challenges, including the delivery of quality education to refugees.
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Union renewal and development 12 April 2016 Arab Countries Cross-Regional StructureArab Countries Cross-Regional Structure
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 16 December 2015 Arab union leaders committed to fight privatisation of education
The privatisation of education was the focus of two days of meetings in Beirut, Lebanon where the leaders of Education International’s Arab countries cross regional structure addressed the problem head on.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 October 2015 Lebanese teachers’ union singles out politicians for country’s woes
The President of the Teachers Syndicate of Lebanon, Nehme Mahfoud, has lashed out at the political elite of his country for not settling their differences, causing the country to have a disfunctional parliament, a paralised government and no head of state.
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Union renewal and development 8 October 2015 Arab teachers' unions establish new Arab Organization for Education
Education unions from twelve Arab countries met on 7 and 8 October in Beirut to establish a new Arab organisation to promote education quality, the status of teachers and democratic development in their countries.
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Equity and inclusion 18 June 2015 Reviving the women's network and gender equality in Arab countries
Education unionists have been engaged in a successful workshop to empower women in trade union and ensure gender equality in the Arab region.
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Union renewal and development 5 March 2015 Lebanon: government to reconsider making EI Beirut “hub” official
Lebanese authorities have made a commitment to re-examine Education International's request to establish an office in Beirut, out of which its programmes supporting education unions in the Arab region are coordinated.
Lebanon: government to reconsider making EI Beirut “hub” official