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Joan Aja is a teacher by profession and currently serves as the Gender Officer at Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU). She is the Chairperson of the Women Network in East Africa (WNEA) and the Vice President of the African Women in Education Network (AWEN).

Written by Joan Aja

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 July 2024

   Investing in quality education and teachers: an African perspective on EI’s upcoming World Congress

   Joan Aja

   The teaching profession is traditionally known to be a noble profession and a driver for all sectors and industries we have in the world of work. The profession is highly valued but greatly ignored by many African governments: they want quality teaching but take a short-sighted approach and are unwilling...

   Investing in quality education and teachers: an African perspective on EI’s upcoming World Congress

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   Equity and inclusion 4 December 2020

   #16dayscampaign | “Mobilising the community to prevent school dropout among girls following COVID-19 school closures”, by Joan Aja (UNATU, Uganda).

   Joan Aja

   Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) is implementing a girl child education project called Simameni Project supported by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation and funded by Global Affairs Canada. The five-year project is intended to increase girls’ access to secondary school education, and to ensure retention and completion. The project has a...

   #16dayscampaign | “Mobilising the community to prevent school dropout among girls following COVID-19 school closures”, by Joan Aja (UNATU, Uganda).