Articles from Senegal
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2010 Three questions to Mor Mbengue, Senegalese EFAIDS Coordinator
Mor Mbengue, coordinates COSSEL (Senegalese committee of teacher unions for EFA and against AIDS) and is Deputy General Secretary of Senegalese union UDEN. During the 5th Francophone Conference on HIV and AIDS in Casablanca in late March he will present CARVEE (Committee of Action and Research on Vulnerability in the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 July 2009 Senegalese unions advocate for more support for girls’ school attendance
The Senegalese teacher unions have completed a survey of schools to identify the progress made and challenges faced in achieving gender equality in schools as part of their EFAIDS Programme.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 December 2008 Teachers bring Courage, Hope and Cooperation to the HIV/AIDS response
CARVEE, a new inter-union network to support Senegalese teachers living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, emerged from the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) held in Dakar from December 3- 7.
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Standards and working conditions 24 October 2007 Senegal: 72-hour strike to make government fulfil its promises
Starting today, Senegalese teachers in primary and secondary public schools are on a 72-hour strike to make the government fulfil its promises on research and housing allowances.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 July 2007 Senegal: Teacher Unions evaluate EFAIDS Programme
In mid June the Senegalese Committee of Education Unions against HIV/AIDS (COSSEL), which is composed of four EI affiliated teacher unions, namely, SNEEL-CNTS, SUDES, SYPROS and UDEN, carried out an evaluation of the EFAIDS Programme in Dakar.
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Standards and working conditions 1 June 2007 Senegal: government's failure to fulfil its promise forces teachers to strike again
Teachers in public primary and secondary schools in Senegal are on a 72-hour strike from 30 May to 1 June.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 May 2007 Senegal: Teachers work to improve education
In the context of the EFAIDS Programme and Education for All in particular, the four teachers’ unions which constitute COSSEL (Senegalese Committee of Teachers Unions United against HIV/AIDS) held a workshop at the end of April on the reinforcement of teachers’ capacities on education-related matters.
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Standards and working conditions 19 April 2007 Senegal: Teachers invite government to the negotiation table
The Strike action in Senegal is the last resort for teachers in trying to persuade the government to return to dialogue.
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Standards and working conditions 30 August 2006 Senegal: teachers halt protest actions despite continuing deadlock in negotiations
The "Intersyndicale de l'enseignement du Sénégal" (Education Union Alliance of Senegal) has ceased its boycott of staff meetings and returned withheld examination papers as a sign of goodwill despite a continuing deadlock in their negotiations with the government.
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Standards and working conditions 19 July 2006 Senegal: teachers demand review of pay and working conditions
"Teaching is a profession, not volunteer work. Decent pay keeps education personnel motivated and devoted to their profession." In a letter to Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade on 14 July, EI expressed its regret that the government is slow in reacting to the demands of teachers to review their pay and...
Senegal: teachers demand review of pay and working conditions