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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 July 2010 Leaders accused of breaking promises at African Union talks
African leaders have not kept their promises and are failing their citizens, according to a new report released as Heads of State arrive in Kampala, Uganda, for the African Union summit.
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Trade union rights are human rights 26 July 2010 Brazil: Rio considers bullet-proofing favela schools
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro have come under renewed pressure to bulletproof up to 200 schools in conflict-stricken areas, after an 11-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet during a maths lesson.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 July 2010 EI and Global Unions advocate for workplace action on AIDS
EI and the Global Union Federations have been advocating for the active participation of workers in response to the AIDS pandemic as they participate in the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 20 July 2010 Developing countries denounce ACTA
Opposition to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in the developing world is mounting, with India and China formally raising complaints last month at the World Trade Organization.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 20 July 2010 G-20 drop Doha deadline
The declaration issued by the leaders of the 20 largest economies meeting in Toronto, Canada in June repeated the group’s commitments to oppose protectionism and support open markets, but notably omitted a prior promise to conclude the World Trade Organization’s Doha round of trade talks by the end of this...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 20 July 2010 Second Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership talks conclude
Representatives from eight Pacific-rim nations met in San Francisco last month for the second round of negotiations aimed at establishing a new regional free trade zone.
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Equity and inclusion 20 July 2010 Successful Europride makes a stand for LGBT rights
Trade unionists joined 10,000 equality campaigners from across Europe at the Europride in Warsaw, Poland. This was the first event of its kind in a post-communist country, and the largest European celebration of LGBT rights.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 July 2010 EI releases global study on Early Childhood Education
The EI Early Childhood Education (ECE) Task Force has released a global study investigating ECE policies, systems, programmes and activities across the world.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 July 2010 Jobs, Migration and Education
Education was a significant talking point during the BBC World Debate broadcast last week from the OECD in Paris. The question put by presenter Nik Gowing was whether migration should be seen not as taking scarce jobs but rather as a source of scarce skills.
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Standards and working conditions 15 July 2010 Teachers out of pocket for classroom essentials
A survey carried out by the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) has discovered that in the 2008-09 school year each Canadian teacher paid out from their own pocket an average of $453 for essential classroom materials or class-related activities.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 July 2010 See BBC World News debate, 10-11 July, on Migration and Investment in Education
Marking the release by the OECD of two major reports on Employment and Migration, BBC presenter Nik Gowing put the question “Is migration the answer?”
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Standards and working conditions 8 July 2010 Kenya: Teacher shortage to be recognised a national disaster
EI affiliate in Kenya, the Kenyan National Union of Teachers (KNUT), urged “the government to declare the shortage of teachers a national disaster,” reported the national newspaper Daily Nation.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2010 Teachers and students join to promote student-centered learning
As part of its ongoing project with the European Students’ Union (ESU), EI organised a training seminar on student-centered learning (SCL) recently from 1-4 July in Sliema, Malta.
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Union renewal and development 6 July 2010 G20/G8 Summit Declarations: Governments agree to disagree
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have drafted a joint evaluation on the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ meeting.
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Union growth 6 July 2010 Teacher unions advocate for quality education and trade union rights at the European Social Forum
Education international and the European Trade Union Committee for Education were represented at the European Social Forum (ESF) and presented the EI/ETUCE work on various topics.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 July 2010 Chilean union president gets help on charter school issue
At the Global Education Summit, sponsored by the National Education Association (NEA), education union delegates from around the world joined by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and Vice-President Lily Eskelsen to discuss efforts to improve public education.
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Standards and working conditions 2 July 2010 Education leaders unite for global summit
More than 9,000 delegates have gathered in New Orleans, USA, for the Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly of the National Education Association (NEA) - one of EI's largest affiliate members in America.
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Union renewal and development 2 July 2010 Annual meeting of EI Regional Coordinators with Head Office staff takes place in Brussels
All of the EI regional coordinators were in Brussels this week for the now annual get together with their counterparts in Head Office.
Annual meeting of EI Regional Coordinators with Head Office staff takes place in Brussels