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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 October 2024

   Burundi: over 400 children return to school thanks to education union project against child labour

   404 children came back to school in September 2024 in the Gihanga commune of Burundi thanks to a project against child labour implemented by STEB, the Union of Education Workers of Burundi, with support from Education International, the Fair Childhood Foundation of GEW, AOb, and Mondiaal FNV.

   Burundi: over 400 children return to school thanks to education union project against child labour

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   Leading the profession 21 November 2022

   Burundi: trade union development tools developed through international trade union cooperation

   Thanks to a cooperation programme with the Danish Union of Teachers (DLF) of Denmark, the Syndicat des travailleurs de l’enseignement du Burundi (STEB) has produced booklets that cover all the questions frequently asked by teachers at the grassroots level. The booklets are a Training Manual and a Handbook for Trade...

   Burundi: trade union development tools developed through international trade union cooperation

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   Standards and working conditions 23 February 2022

   Mauritania: teachers strike for a decent life and better working conditions

   A coalition of Mauritanian education unions called for a strike from 21-25 February. The widely supported action aimed at “wresting the rights” of teachers from the Minister of Education and underlined the unity of teachers.

   Mauritania: teachers strike for a decent life and better working conditions

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   Union renewal and development 27 October 2021

   Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund

   As the COVID-19 pandemic became global, education unions showed solidarity with a dedicated COVID Response Fund to support member organisations during school closures and where teachers were hit by the health crisis.

   Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund

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   Trade union rights are human rights 6 November 2020

   Burundi: Trade union takes action to raise awareness of COVID-19 and to organise and improve the quality of education through international solidarity

   The Syndicat libre des travailleurs de l'enseignement du Burundi (STEB), thanks to financial support from Education International’s COVID-19 Solidarity Fund, was able to run an important awareness-raising campaign on taking protective measures against COVID-19 and on unionisation in schools, and to organise a conference to take stock of the situation...

   Burundi: Trade union takes action to raise awareness of COVID-19 and to organise and improve the quality of education through international solidarity

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   Leading the profession 21 October 2020

   “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.

   Cherine Sabry

   Unions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...

   “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.