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Equity and inclusion 7 February 2014 The European Parliament calls for EU roadmap to protect fundamental rights of LGBTI people
On 4 February 2014, the European Parliament adopted a resolution to safeguard the fundamental rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. The resolution calls upon the EU to make a roadmap to make fundamental rights a reality of LGBTI people.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 February 2014 European elections 2014: a turning point for the European democracy built on quality education
A new initiative has been launched by the ETUCE to give candidates to European elections the opportunity to pledge to the ETUCE 10 key messages on “What is needed to improve the Quality of Education in Europe”.
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 February 2014 Seminar Wrap Up: Gender and Occupational Health
The presentations held at the ETUI seminar in Porto on 23 and 24 January are online now. The seminar had the title "His and hers: justice and health in employment and the workplace" and was conducted in collaboration with Porto University.
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 February 2014 Supporting Victims of Data Abuse
The latest report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), ‘Access to data protection remedies in EU Member States’, shows that victims of data abuse often lack the understanding about data protection and the authorities that serve to help them.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 February 2014 Defend Public Education: from cradle to grave
UCU held a one day conference open to all its members on Saturday 1 February 2014. This important conference was about the defence of public education in the so-called age of austerity. This conference perfectly complements the aims of the Unite for Quality Education Campaign.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 February 2014 The functioning of the troika in crisis-hit countries: a new report from ETUC
New ETUC Report on Troika activities confirms destructive effects in Cyprus, Greece, Ireland and Portugal. Based on ETUC investigation into the activities of the Troika of international leaders (EC-ECB-IMF) in selected countries, the Report condemns the takeover operated by the Troika over national elected governments.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 February 2014 EI Education Support Personnel Task Force meets in Brussels
Education International’s (EI) newly established task force on Education Support Personnel met for the first time in Brussels on 28-29 January 2014. The task force, composed of representatives of 10 affiliates, will advise EI on issues around the status, rights and conditions of education support personnel.
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Equity and inclusion 6 February 2014 India: Unions develop Action Plan for gender equity
A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Women’s Network Planning Meeting has been held in New Delhi, India. Three union leaders from EI affiliate All India Secondary Teachers’ Federation (AISTF) National Office, six AISTF representatives from the Indian Maharashtra State, as well as six AISTF representatives from the Indian...
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Equity and inclusion 4 February 2014 Joint PSI-EI statement on LGBT rigths violations
EI and Public Services International (PSI) join LGBT groups and other human rights defenders in condemning increasing intolerance and attacks on the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people. Governments the world over appear to be abdicating their duty to protect and advance the human rights of all...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 February 2014 Inequality keeps too many children out of school in South Asia
A new study has revealed that 27 million children aged 5-13 are out of school in four countries -Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - in South Asia. “Out-of-school children have little opportunity to learn and develop and this has an unfortunate impact on the rest of their lives,” said...
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 February 2014 Tunisia: EI hails adoption of new constitution
After two years of difficult discussions, the Tunisian people adopted the new Constitution on 26 January 2014. “Tunisia is entering a second Republic – and this time, a democratic one!” is the emphatic view of Taher Dhaker, General Secretary of the UGTT’s primary school teachers’ union (SGEB/UGTT).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 February 2014 Ethiopia: EI calls for more investment in teachers
Governments and international partners must invest in quality teachers. That’s according to an EI delegation that attended the launch of the 2013/14 Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 January 2014 Unite for Quality Education Conference: Registration opens
EI is pleased to announce that the conference website and registration system for the Unite for Quality Education Conference, which will take place in Montreal, Canada from 26-31 May 2014, is now available.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 January 2014 Inequality keeps too many children out of school in South Asia
A new study has revealed that 27 million children aged 5-13 are out of school in four countries -Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - in South Asia.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 January 2014 Finland: Commitment to education and teachers vital
Strong education unions are crucial to ensure a good status for teachers and to provide quality education for all. That was reaffirmed by the Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö(OAJ) at the EDUCA Fair in Helsinki from 23-25 January. The largest education event in Finland, it was attended by 15,000 participants, 150 high level...
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Climate action and literacy 29 January 2014 Africa: Quality education will drive future development
Quality education could play a crucial role in the African continent’s development over the next 50 years. That’s according to Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union’s Commission. Her comments were included in “an email from the future”, sent during the Ministerial retreat of the African Union’s Executive...
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Equity and inclusion 29 January 2014 India: Unions develop Action Plan for gender equity
A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Women’s Network Planning Meeting has been held in New Delhi, India. Three union leaders from EI affiliate All India Secondary Teachers’ Federation (AISTF) National Office, six AISTF representatives from the Indian Maharashtra State, as well as six AISTF representatives from the Indian...
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Union renewal and development 29 January 2014 Philippines: Trade unions act to rebuild education after tsunami
The first Exploratory Meeting for the EI Philippine affiliates’ Post-Yolanda (Haiyan) Rehabilitation Initiative was held on 29 November 2013. It was attended by representatives of the EI regional Asia-Pacific office and of EI Philippine affiliates – the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), the National Alliance of Teachers and Office Workers...
Philippines: Trade unions act to rebuild education after tsunami