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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 June 2023

   Go Public! Finance quality, equitable, and inclusive education in Africa

   Top education union leaders from Cameroon, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zambia took stock of gains in their fight against education privatisation through the Education International (EI) Global Response campaign and committed to continue these efforts through EI's Go Public! Fund Education campaign to mobilise to fully fund public education systems and...

   Go Public! Finance quality, equitable, and inclusive education in Africa

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   Union renewal and development 27 October 2021

   Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund

   As the COVID-19 pandemic became global, education unions showed solidarity with a dedicated COVID Response Fund to support member organisations during school closures and where teachers were hit by the health crisis.

   Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund

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   Standards and working conditions 2 August 2021

   Rwanda: SYPERWA stands by teachers during the crisis

   Rwandan education workers’ union SYPERWA organised a tour to meet teachers from private schools and help them solve the problems encountered. Thanks to Education International’s COVID-19 solidarity fund, the union has been able to map the issues for teachers affected by COVID-19, provide legal assistance to teachers suspended as a...

   Rwanda: SYPERWA stands by teachers during the crisis

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   Union renewal and development 6 December 2020

   SYPERWA resolves to improve the financial capacity of their members

   The Education Staff Union of Rwanda (SYPERWA) has taken measures to improve the financial capacity of their members through the establishment of a solidarity fund for teachers. The decision was taken during the 3rd Congress of SYPERWA on 5th December 2020 held in Kigali.

   SYPERWA resolves to improve the financial capacity of their members

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   Equity and inclusion 20 November 2020

   Project Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education

   Project Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education

   Project Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education

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   Leading the profession 21 October 2020

   “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.

   Cherine Sabry

   Unions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...

   “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.