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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 29 July 2024

   Investing in quality education and teachers: an African perspective on EI’s upcoming World Congress

   Joan Aja

   The teaching profession is traditionally known to be a noble profession and a driver for all sectors and industries we have in the world of work. The profession is highly valued but greatly ignored by many African governments: they want quality teaching but take a short-sighted approach and are unwilling...

   Investing in quality education and teachers: an African perspective on EI’s upcoming World Congress

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   Union renewal and development 26 February 2024

   South Sudan: A young union strengthened and emboldened by South-South cooperation

   “We will use the experience provided by the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) as a starting point, making sure that we are now going to convince the government to cooperate with us.” That is how Garang Deng Kuol Athian, chairman of the National Teachers Union South Sudan (NTUSS), described the...

   South Sudan: A young union strengthened and emboldened by South-South cooperation

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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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   Trade union rights are human rights 19 June 2023

   Uganda: Education International condemns the horrific attack on Lhubiriha Secondary school

   Education International, the global federation of educators, strongly condemns the horrific attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe, Uganda and mourns in solidarity with the families and communities impacted by this devastating act of violence.

   Uganda: Education International condemns the horrific attack on Lhubiriha Secondary school

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 February 2023

   Overwhelmed, undervalued, and underpaid: Governments must act to support teachers in contexts of displacement

   Stella Oryang Aloyo

   Working as a teacher in an emergency situation is challenging but it can also be very rewarding. The opportunity to be a positive influence on my students, watching a student learn, grow and become a good person, knowing that I can be part of this process gives me a wonderful...

   Overwhelmed, undervalued, and underpaid: Governments must act to support teachers in contexts of displacement