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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

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 August 2024

   Senegal: Mobilizing for education funding

   In Senegal more than 3 million children either do not go to state school or find it very difficult to go to school. Insufficient public funding for education is a major obstacle to quality education for all.

   Senegal: Mobilizing for education funding

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   Standards and working conditions 29 November 2023

   Senegal: Unions unite and mobilise for more public education funding

   “An education system based on public institutions is the best option to fully realise the right to education. That is why the State must consolidate education as being a real public good, promoting education as a bearer of not only individual and collective emancipation but of social justice as well.”...

   Senegal: Unions unite and mobilise for more public education funding

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 September 2023

   Copyright and teaching materials in Senegal

   Mar Mbodj

   Copyright gives authors exclusive control over their works. In education, however, the balance between access to information and respect for copyright is a major challenge. It is essential that we guarantee equitable access to protected knowledge while preserving the rights of artists and authors. Against this backdrop we have conducted...

   Copyright and teaching materials in Senegal

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2023

   Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour

   From India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.

   Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 June 2023

   Strengthening education in Africa: uniting for tax justice and increased public funding

   Educators in Africa came together for the Education Financing Forum: Go Public! Fund Education in Accra, Ghana from 21-22 June. The event, held in collaboration with the TaxEd Alliance, aimed to strengthen education unions' capacity in advocating for fair and just taxation to fully fund public education systems.

   Strengthening education in Africa: uniting for tax justice and increased public funding