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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 June 2025 Over 1,880 children brought back to school thanks to education unions working to end child labour
Across 6 countries in Africa, education union programmes against child labour are delivering life-changing results. In 2024 alone, over 1,880 former child labourers have been returned to classrooms in project areas in Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
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Leading the profession 23 April 2025 Education International brings hope and effective strategies to curb child labour
Thanks to an Education International project on child labour, working with union members and their local communities, 1,880 children were brought back to school last year in six participating countries: Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
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Equity and inclusion 10 December 2024 Malawi: Coming together across borders to eradicate child labour
Education unionists from Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe came together in Malawi to learn about successful local efforts to end child labour. From 1 to 6 December 2024, coordinators and project leaders spearheading the unions’ work against child labour had the opportunity to exchange know-how and good practice...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2023 Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
From India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 June 2023 Go Public! Finance quality, equitable, and inclusive education in Africa
Top education union leaders from Cameroon, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zambia took stock of gains in their fight against education privatisation through the Education International (EI) Global Response campaign and committed to continue these efforts through EI's Go Public! Fund Education campaign to mobilise to fully fund public education systems and...
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Solidarity in emergencies 23 March 2023 Education International brings support to help cushion the impact of Cyclone Freddy
The global union federation representing educators worldwide has brought financial support using its Solidarity Fund to help students, teachers and education support personnel severely affected by devastation caused by tropical Cyclone Freddy in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique.
Education International brings support to help cushion the impact of Cyclone Freddy
Development Cooperation Projects
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"Strengthening Multi-Partner Cooperation to Support Teacher Policy and Improve Learning” (otherwise known as the “Norwegian Teachers’ Initiative)
- Host organizations
- Burkina Faso: EI members, FESEB, F-SYNTER, SNEAB and SNESS plus 11 other education sector unions; Ghana: TEWU, NAGRAT and GNAT; Malawi: TUM and PSEUM; and Uganda: UNATU.
- Cooperating organizations
- UNESCO, ILO, UNHCR, UNICEF, the GPE, World Bank
- Countries
- Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda
- Start date
- 1 April 2018
- End date
- 31 May 2019
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Organisational Development
- Cooperating organizations
- PSEUM
- Countries
- Malawi
- Start date
- 15 March 2005
- End date
- 15 March 2023
Affiliates
Private Schools Employees Union of Malawi (PSEUM)
PSEUMP/Bag A210 LilongweTeachers' Union of Malawi
TUMAphunzitsi Centre Plot No. 37/14 & 15 Private Bag 11 Lilongwe