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Trade union rights are human rights 2 October 2007 Democratic Republic of Congo: EI continues to support striking teachers
Teachers have been on strike for a month in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Education International has again demanded action by President Joseph Kabila to resolve the crisis.
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Union growth 1 October 2007 Burma: Urgent Action Appeal
Education International encourages all member organisations to write to the Burmese representatives in their countries following the recent violent repression used to break up peaceful demonstrations.
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Union growth 28 September 2007 EI deplores repression of academics and students in Bangladesh
EI has written to Ehsanul Haque, Private Secretary to the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, expressing concern at the violent repression of university student protests.
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Union growth 28 September 2007 PSI World Congress
The world must not stand aside, but must act in support of a free and democratic Burma. That is the message from the World Congress of the Public Services International, taking place in Vienna from 24 to 28 September.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2007 Ghana: Union Research reconfirms HIV/AIDS as a key workplace issue
EI affiliates the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) have just finalised research on HIV/AIDS in the education sector.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2007 Honduras: Unions get moving on training!
From June 26-28, the Honduran national HIV and AIDS teachers’ union prevention committee, coordinated by Rosario Avila (EFAIDS Programme Coordinator/COLPROSUMAH), together with EI, the EDC and CTERA/Argentina, organised an HIV and AIDS workshop at the headquarters of COPEMH in Tegucigalpa.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2007 Caribbean: EI Regional Coordinator visits Haiti, Guyana and Suriname
The EFAIDS programme has started to have an impact among students and teachers in Guyana, Suriname and Haiti. This was the overall conclusion drawn by the EI regional Coordinator Virginia Albert on a recent evaluation visit to these countries.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2007 EFAIDS Programme Branches Out!
EI, the EDC and WHO have developed two new toolkits which will be the basis of training sessions carried out by teachers’ unions participating in the EFAIDS Programme over the coming months.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2007 Education International Congress examines EFAIDS issues
What has been the experience of teachers’ unions on the EFAIDS Programme thus far? How is the training of teachers on HIV/AIDS education developing? What challenges still lie in the path of the unions striving to achieve the Education for All goals? These and other questions were reflected upon at...
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2007 ActionAid Publish Report on Abstinence
ActionAid have just published a report which develops new theories on the issue of sexual abstinence as a means of preventing HIV infection.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2007 Stand Up and Sing Out against poverty and inequality on 17th October
Schools across the world are being urged to join together in performing The Poverty Requiem on October 17th - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 August 2007 Colombia: Raquel Castro finally released
EI is delighted to inform all members and Global Union partners that Raquel Castro, Colombian teacher and union activist, was released from prison last August 2nd.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 August 2007 Mexico: Solution to the conflict in Oaxaca must be found, says EI
Following the resolution passed by the 5th EI World Congress held in July 2007, EI urges the governor of the State of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, to find an immediate and satisfactory solution to end the conflict between the authorities and teachers.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 August 2007 Peru: Government urged to respect teachers' rights
The 5th EI World Congress held from 22-26 July in Berlin passed an urgent resolution on the current situation in Peru, where the conflict between the government and teachers has resulted in many arrested and one teacher killed.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 August 2007 International Day of Action in solidarity with Iranian union leaders
Today, 9th August, is the ITF/ITUC International Action Day in solidarity with union leaders Mansour Osanloo and Mahmoud Salehi.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 August 2007 Albania: EI deplores eviction of trade union confederations
Education International has written to the Albanian government to protest against the expulsion of nationally recognised trade union confederations the KSSH and the BSPSH from their offices in Tirana.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 August 2007 Saudi Arabia: Rizana Nafeek, 19 year old Sri Lankan faces beheading
EI supports the global call to stop the execution of a Sri-Lankan teenage girl who has been sentenced to death by beheading in Saudi Arabia.
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 August 2007 EI urges Philipines government to address extrajudicial killings
Education International has written to the President of the Philippines following an urgent resolution adopted at the 5th World Congress calling on the government to immediately put a stop to extrajudicial killings and involuntary disappearances.
EI urges Philipines government to address extrajudicial killings