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  1. Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007

    BTU Botswana take stock of progress

    In the framework of its EFAIDS Programme, the BTU/Botswana has recently been engaged in a number of worthwhile activities. Whether engaged in advocacy work to improve the rights of people living with HIV and AIDS or reinforcing partnerships towards the achievement of Education for All (EFA), the union has been...

    BTU Botswana take stock of progress
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 April 2007

    Caribbean unions express concern for Haitian children

    The Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) has expressed their deep concern about the thousands of Haitian children who are being denied their fundamental human right to a “good quality public education”.

    Caribbean unions express concern for Haitian children
  3. Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007

    KNUT/Kenya awards schools on HIV/AIDS prevention efforts

    In October 2006 a competition for schools participating in the KNUT/AFT HIV/AIDS programme got off the ground with the involvement of 105 schools. EI provided support for this initiative which was heralded as an excellent method of motivating schools to step up their HIV/AIDS education efforts.

    KNUT/Kenya awards schools on HIV/AIDS prevention efforts
  4. Equity and inclusion 18 April 2007

    BUT/Barbados steps up efforts to stop child labour

    At a recent Child Labour workshop conducted by the Barbados Ministry of Labour and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Cobin Hinds, Public Relations Officer of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), spoke about incidences of child labour in Barbados and in particular the exposure of children to hazards on construction...

    BUT/Barbados steps up efforts to stop child labour
  5. Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007

    ETA/Ethiopia Programme Coordinator Freed

    Earlier this year we reported on the detention of three elected officers of the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA), including Meqcha Mengistu, a member of the Committee for the implementation of the EFAIDS Programme. The three men were finally released on 22 March after three months of imprisonment and torture and...

    ETA/Ethiopia Programme Coordinator Freed
  6. Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007

    Global Unions meet in Geneva and Johannesburg to discuss cooperation

    Education International represents teachers unions worldwide and, as such, is one of the sectoral global unions confronted with the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Clearly many other trade union organisations from other sectors also face the impact of the pandemic. Just as the teachers represented by EI, also the miners, the...

    Global Unions meet in Geneva and Johannesburg to discuss cooperation
  7. Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007

    Francophone HIV/AIDS Conference underlines importance of prevention

    Late last month, Paris was the setting for the 4th Francophone Conference on HIV and AIDS. Speakers participating in the event underlined the urgent need to pursue a dual approach to fighting AIDS which would give priority to both prevention and treatment.

    Francophone HIV/AIDS Conference underlines importance of prevention
  8. Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007

    Male circumcision: calls for caution over potential to prevent HIV

    In March UNAIDS and the WHO issued official recommendations on the basis of new evidence demonstrating that circumcised men are up to 60% less likely to get HIV than those who are not. Since then, experts have issued statements warning that this evidence should be greeted with caution. Although circumcision...

    Male circumcision: calls for caution over potential to prevent HIV
  9. Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007

    Interview with Clementine Dehwe, Global Unions HIV and AIDS Coordinator

    Over the last year the Global Unions organised five sub-regional workshops on HIV and AIDS in Africa which were attended by national trade union centres and unions. EI affiliates played a key role in these events.

    Interview with Clementine Dehwe, Global Unions HIV and AIDS Coordinator
  10. Union renewal and development 18 April 2007

    EI Research Network meets in Brussels

    Members of Education International’s Research Network are conducting their third meeting in Brussels on 18th and 19th April.

    EI Research Network meets in Brussels
  11. Union growth 12 April 2007

    Ethiopia: teacher leader finally released

    The Chairperson of EI member organisation, the Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA), has finally been released from police custody, after the court cleared him of the charges brought against him.

    Ethiopia: teacher leader finally released
  12. Union renewal and development 12 April 2007

    EI Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme: 3 more schools completed in Aceh, Indonesia

    As part of the Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme of EI, Oxfam International and Oxfam Novib, 3 more schools have just been completed in Aceh, Indonesia. This adds up to a total of 18 schools completed out of the 28 planned. The rest of the schools will be finished by the end...

    EI Tsunami Rehabilitation Programme: 3 more schools completed in Aceh, Indonesia
  13. Standards and working conditions 11 April 2007

    Argentina: Nation-wide teacher strike against police violence

    EI strongly condemned the recent use of violence by the police in Argentina to disperse a peaceful demonstration. The violence resulted in the death of a teacher.

    Argentina: Nation-wide teacher strike against police violence