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Trade union rights are human rights 10 July 2007 Training for Life: EI publishes update on report
EI has just published an update of its 2006 report "Training for Life" on the record of governments in providing training for teachers on HIV and AIDS. The report is the result of the hard work carried out by a number of EI's affiliates to establish the facts on teacher...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2007 Newsletter on Girls' Education: ‘Girls Too!’
The United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) was launched in April 2000 at the World Education Forum in Dakar by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Each month UNGEI publishes a newsletter called ‘Girls Too!’
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2007 Interview with Hawa Koroma of the Sierra Leone Teachers Union (SLTU)
Hawa Koroma is the project coordinator of the Sierra Leone Teachers Union, SLTU. She spoke to EI about the impact of the war on education and the efforts being made to restore a sense of normality in a country that has been devastated by conflict.
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Standards and working conditions 6 July 2007 Peru: SUTEP on strike against new Teacher Career Law
EI affiliate in Peru, SUTEP, launched an indefinite strike on 5 July to protest against a new legal framework for the teaching profession, currently being discussed by the National Congress.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 July 2007 EI calls for long-term, predictable funding for MDGs
At a meeting in Brussels on MDG Contracting held by civil society organisations with other stakeholders including the European Union on 3 July, EI joins in the call for long-term, predictable funding for the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).
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Union renewal and development 4 July 2007 Rebuilding Aceh Through Education For All
On 30 June, EI fulfilled its promise to the people of Aceh, Indonesia, that it would assist in the rebuilding of the public education system for thousands of children whose schools were destroyed by the devastating tsunami of December 2004.
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Union renewal and development 3 July 2007 EI Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme: A Total of 28 Schools completed in Aceh, Indonesia
On 30 June, with the delivery of the last chair to a new elementary school in Aceh, EI fulfilled its promise to the Acehnese people given two and a half years ago that it would rebuild 28 of its schools.
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Union renewal and development 3 July 2007 Congress Newsflash: Make the Final Changes to your Participant's Account Before 5th July!
As of 5th July 2007 17:00hr (GMT+1 Western European Time), all Congress Participant's Accounts will be frozen. Should you have any changes to make regarding your flight details, hotel reservation, pre-Congress event and breakout session registration etc, you should do so before 5th July.
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Union renewal and development 3 July 2007 Book your tickets for the EI Awards Dinner today!
At every World Congress, EI holds a gala dinner and dance, the highlight of which is the ceremony to grant the two prestigious EI Awards - the Albert Shanker Education Award and the Mary Hatwood Futrell Human and Trade Union Rights Award.
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Union growth 28 June 2007 Mali: Teacher banned over essay assignment
A secondary school teacher convicted of “offence against the head of state” has been sentenced to two months in prison and banned from his profession after assigning his students an essay about the indiscretions of a fictional president.
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Union growth 26 June 2007 Mali: EI joins the IFJ in calling for the release of imprisoned teacher and journalists
Education International joins the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in calling for the immediate release of a secondary school teacher, a journalist and four editors jailed in Bamako for “offence against the head of state” after the publication of details of a school assignment.
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Standards and working conditions 26 June 2007 Peru: SUTEP demands national debate on law on teaching profession
EI affiliate in Peru, SUTEP, has called a 24-hour strike on 26 June to demand that the proposed new legal framework for the teaching profession be discussed in a national debate before being submitted to the Congress.
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Leading the profession 26 June 2007 Congress Newsflash: Breakout Session on OECD and UNESCO policies and research - Help or Hindrance?
On 23rd July, participants to the 5th EI World Congress will be treated to a choice of 44 different breakout sessions. One of which will focus on "OECD and UNESCO policies and research: Help or hindrance to quality education?".
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Union growth 22 June 2007 Ethiopia: EI relaunched Urgent Action Appeal as harassment continues and teachers arrested
EI asks you to join in the call for the release of three teachers; our Urgent Action Appeal is relaunched in the wake of recent events.
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Union renewal and development 19 June 2007 5th EI World Congress: Final confirmation of your delegation, amendments to resolutions and urgent resolutions
Arrangements for the 5th EI World Congress in Berlin are being finalised. Over 1,600 representatives of member organisations have indicated that they will be in attendance at the Congress in the Estrel Convention Centre.
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Equity and inclusion 18 June 2007 EI launches new brochure on eliminating child labour
As part of its observance of the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June, 2007, EI released several publications, including a brochure entitled “Child Labour: Quality Education is the right response”, which discusses the important role of education in ending child labour and outlines some of the ways EI...
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Standards and working conditions 18 June 2007 Kenya: Government lifts 10-year teacher employment embargo
The Kenyan government has lifted a 10-year employment embargo and announced extra funding for education, though the measures fall short of what is required to ensure adequate allocation of teachers.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 18 June 2007 Make or break time in Geneva
Negotiators at the World Trade Organization say they are running out of time to reach a deal in the troubled Doha Round talks.
Make or break time in Geneva