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Standards and working conditions 17 August 2010 Germany: Unions deplore teacher shortage
Many teaching positions within German schools remain vacant just weeks before the start of a new school year. Research from Germany’s largest education unions, the GEW and VBE, estimates that almost 45,000 posts are unfilled, with acute shortages in subjects such as mathematics and the sciences.
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Standards and working conditions 11 August 2010 United States: Historic victory for education, teachers and unions
The US House of Representatives has voted to approve new legislation that will inject more than $10 billion in aid to states and school districts to save education jobs that were threatened by budget cuts.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 August 2010 African affiliates campaign to increase education finance
Education International has joined civil society organisations to lead a regional workshop on education financing for trainers in Malawi. The training is part of a programme to build capacity among Education for All (EFA) coalitions.
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Standards and working conditions 10 August 2010 UK: School staff victims of unfounded allegations
More than 1,700 staff in UK schools were accused of misbehaviour by parents or pupils last year.
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Equity and inclusion 9 August 2010 International Day for World’s Indigenous Peoples: Not all schoolchildren are equal
On International Day for the World’s Indigenous Peoples, EI celebrates cultural diversity in all its forms and notes the contributions of indigenous people and indigenous education workers around the world.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 August 2010 Korea: EI takes action to support teachers threatened by dismissal
EI and its affiliate the Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union (KTU, Jeon Gyo Jo) have called for the withdrawal of a plan to dismiss 183 teachers who made private donations to a political party.
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Union growth 4 August 2010 Colombia: Teacher trade unionist killed as violations continue
Education International has expressed dismay as news emerged that another teacher trade unionist has been killed in Colombia. This latest murder brings to 17 the total number of teachers that have been killed in 2010 alone.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 August 2010 China: Fatal knife attack in nursery school
A man went on a deadly rampage as he killed at least three children and one teacher in an unprovoked knife attack at a Chinese nursery school in the city of Zibo, in the eastern province of Shandong.
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Equity and inclusion 2 August 2010 UK budget faces legal challenge over gender discrimination
The UK government's budget may be unlawful according to a legal case launched in the high court. It is claimed Treasury officials broke the law by not carrying out an equality assessment of whether plans for spending cuts would hit women most.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 August 2010 Summer Forum for Educators opens in Oman
His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed Bin Marhoun Al Ma’amari, Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar, has presided over the opening of the seventh Summer Forum for Educators in Salalah, Oman.
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Equity and inclusion 27 July 2010 African women demand representation and end of violence
Women activists from across Africa have gathered at a women's conference in Entebbe, Uganda, to demand that African Union (AU) heads of state consider gender equality when choosing representatives at all levels of AU structures.
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Union renewal and development 26 July 2010 Archbishop Tutu announces retirement from public life
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is to withdraw from public life, after decades of struggling against apartheid and global injustices, to spend more time with his family – and watch cricket.
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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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