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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.

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   Trade union rights are human rights 1 April 2020

   Burundi: education unionists mobilise to raise awareness of the risks associated with COVID-19 and call for urgent action

   To prevent the arrival and spread of COVID-19 in Burundi, teacher unionists are raising awareness among the general population about the measures implemented by the government, while also asking that the government take a number of new steps to stem the crisis.

   Burundi: education unionists mobilise to raise awareness of the risks associated with COVID-19 and call for urgent action

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 October 2019

   “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.

   Mugwena Maluleke

   African nations actively participated in the development of the Sustainable Development Agenda that acknowledged the centrality of education in the achievement of all other plans for a better world. Like other nations of the world, they committed to the provision of a single, renewed education agenda that is holistic, ambitious...

   “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 December 2018

   #UDHR70 - "In Burundi the union is standing firm in its struggle for teachers’ rights", by Rémy Nsengiyumva.

   Rémy Nsengiyumva

   Still active after more than two decades of struggle for the socio-professional rights of Burundi’s teachers, the Syndicat des Travailleurs de l’Enseignement du Burundi (STEB) is slowly recovering from the social crisis that shook the country. With the support of leaders who are committed to reverse the current situation, teachers...

   #UDHR70 - "In Burundi the union is standing firm in its struggle for teachers’ rights", by Rémy Nsengiyumva.

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 September 2018

   Burundi: Despite the crisis, STEB has been able to develop the skills of new union leaders

   The Syndicat Libre des Travailleurs de l'Enseignement du Burundi (STEB) has been able to train 360 new union leaders throughout the country with financial support from Education International.

   Burundi: Despite the crisis, STEB has been able to develop the skills of new union leaders