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Standards and working conditions 4 February 2025 Zambia launches “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign to address critical challenges in education
To boost public education in the country, Zambia has officially launched the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign in Lusaka. This initiative, led by Education International Africa (EIA), aims to address the critical challenges facing the national public education system and ensure that every child has access to...
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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.
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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...
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Union renewal and development 9 January 2023 Africa: Education unions benefit from South-South development cooperation and solidarity
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) has undertaken a series of development cooperation activities with other education unions affiliated to Education International in neighbouring countries. It has especially supported the Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) in its efforts to recover from the damaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 April 2022 The impact of IMF policies on the public service wage bill in Zambia
Gideon Bulwani
There is sufficient evidence to suggest that the International Monetary Fund austerity measures have the potential to negatively affect Zambian ability to attain SDG 4. It is a paradox that the global system encourages investment in access to quality education for all, while putting obstacles along the path to the...
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Standards and working conditions 12 October 2021 New research: IMF imposed austerity slashes three million frontline workers from world’s most fragile education and health systems
New research by ActionAid, Public Services International, and Education International warns that the International Monetary Fund’s demands to cut public sector employee costs undermine progress on health and education.
New research: IMF imposed austerity slashes three million frontline workers from world’s most fragile education and health systems
Development Cooperation Projects
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Girls Not Brides
- Cooperating organizations
- Girls Not Brides Zimbabwe; Tanzania End Child Marriage Network; The Zambia Ending Child Marriage; The Zimbabwe Alliance to End Child Marriage and Girls Not Brides Zimbabwe
- Countries
- Bangladesh; Ghana; Mozambique; Netherlands; Nepal; Uganda; United Kingdom; United States; Tanzania; Zambia,Zimbabwe
- Start date
- 3 September 2018
- End date
- 31 December 2020
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Education Unions Take Action to End SRGBV
- Cooperating organizations
- Global Affairs Canada, EI, UNGEI/UNICEF
- Countries
- Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia
- Start date
- 4 November 2016
- End date
- 31 December 2019
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LEARNING THROUGH PLAY- EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
- Cooperating organizations
- BUPL- DENMARK
- Countries
- ZAMBIA
- Start date
- 19 September 2016
- End date
- 31 December 2020
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SCHOOLS RELATED GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (SRGBV)
- Host organizations
- ZAMBIA NATIONAL UNION OF TEACHERS: ZNUT, SECONDARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION TEACHERS UNION OF ZAMBIA: SESTUZ AND BASIC EDUCATION TEACHERS UNION OF ZAMBIA: BETUZ.
- Cooperating organizations
- UK
- Countries
- ZAMBIA, SOUTH AFRICA, BOTSWANA, SWAZILAND - SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGION (PEER LEARNING - TEAM 3)
- Start date
- 15 March 2016
- End date
- 15 March 2019
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Early Childhood Education
- Cooperating organizations
- BUPL
- Countries
- Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia, Nigeria
- Start date
- 2 February 2015
- End date
- 26 April 2021
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Trade Union Unity
- Cooperating organizations
- UEN: Kenya: KNUT, KUPPET; Zambia: SESTUZ, BETUZ, ZNUT; Botswana: BTU, BOSETU
- Countries
- Zambia, Botswana, Kenya
- Start date
- 10 April 2013
- End date
- 26 April 2021
Affiliates
Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia
BETUZP.O. Box 31131 LusakaSecondary School Teachers’ Union of Zambia
SESTUZP.O. Box 36138 LusakaZambia National Union of Teachers
ZNUTP.O. Box 31914 10101 Lusaka