Launched in January 2006, the new EFAIDS Programme is an initiative of EI and its partners the WHO (World Health Organisation) and EDC (Education Development Center).
It combines the efforts of teachers' unions in advocating for Education For All (EFA) at national level with their commitment to HIV/AIDS prevention in schools locally. The Programme is essentially a fusion of two previously separate initiatives, namely the HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme and the EFA programme.
Canada: Quebec’s “special law” violate students’ rights
EI national affiliates, the Confédération des syndicats du Québec(CSQ), the Fédération nationale des enseignantes et des enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ-CSN), and the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) have strongly condemned Quebec’s Bill 78. This legislation, tabled to end the 14-week student strike, violates fundamental freedoms of association, assembly, and expression. [Read more...] [Other news]
Canada: Schools tackle mental illness stigma
The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has welcomed the Opening Minds Anti-Stigma Programme of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. This programme offers contact-based education to primary and high school students. [Read more...] [Other news]
A giant in Ghana education and unionism: Tom BediakoGhanaian education leader Tom Bediako has left his footprint on education trade unionism all over Africa, receiving many awards for his work as a teacher and trade unionist for over half a century. Aged 79, Bediako remains sharp and committed. In this interview, he doesn’t look back with nostalgia, but shares his vision for the future of education in his continent. In front of the financial and economic crisis, he underlines, among other issues, the importance of: public investment in education; well-established dialogue mechanisms between trade unions and national authorities; and the importance of building a strong, united trade union movement in education at national and international levels
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EFAIDS project ends but EI’s drive to achieve the MDGs goes onEI’s EFAIDS Programme is ending after five successful years of activity in Education for All (EFA) and HIV and AIDS education. Life-saving skills training has been implemented by 80 member organisations in 48countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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World Day against Child Labour 2012
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Strategy and Information sharing meeting of EI Member organisations in GCE Coalitions
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World Teachers' Day 2011
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World Day Against Child Labour 2011
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