Articles from Afghanistan
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 February 2021 Afghanistan: Education union demands end to teachers’ salary and homes crisis
The Afghanistan Teacher Support Association (ATSA) has mobilised to get the national government authorities to fulfil their promise to increase teachers’ salaries and grant them land for their homes.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2019 “Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by Dr. Robert Jeyakumar.
Dr. Robert Jeyakumar
I woke up in Budapest on a fine summer morning to deliver a lecture using materials I had prepared in Malaysia in accordance with copyright exceptions allowed in Malaysia. Just before the lecture, I was informed that my materials did not conform to copyright laws in the EU. Dismay! This...
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Equity and inclusion 28 August 2018 Deadly attack on Afghan school: My daughter wanted to be a teacher...
Education International laments the cruel and devastating school bombing in the west part of Kabul, Afghanistan which killed 34 students and wounded 57 others.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 April 2016 Philanthropy, business and the changing roles of government
Antoni Verger
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Equity and inclusion 12 March 2014 Afghanistan: Rebuilding girls’ education after decades of conflict
Nahida, a school principal in Kabul, is the third participant in the ten-week #TeacherTuesday campaign, organised around the Education For All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2013/4. In Afghanistan, conflict has raged for decades, cultural opposition to girls’ schooling is deep-seated, and education for girls was banned altogether under the...
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Union renewal and development 22 July 2013 Germany: A 2012 EI country study report
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 December 2012 Afghanistan: Education in the spotlight
Security in schools and the lack of qualified teachers were just two topics discussed at an EI/Afghanistan Teachers' Association (ATA) seminar held in Kabul from 20-22 November 2012. The seminar, ‘Strategies to strengthen ATA and contribute to education development’ aimed to equip the education union with tools to provide students...
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Union renewal and development 30 September 2010 Registration opens for EI World Congress
As the countdown begins to Education International’s Sixth World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, the registration process for the thousands of participants is now live.
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Standards and working conditions 29 September 2010 Taiwan: Teachers hold vigil in demand for pension
Thousands of teachers from all over the Republic of China (Taiwan) descended on its capital, Taipei City, on 26 September to demonstrate for the right of private school teachers to receive pensions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 August 2007 Afghanistan: EI protests against the suspension of MP Malalai Joya
EI joins the Australian Education Union in voicing its concern about the suspension of Afghan MP, Malalai Joya from the parliament on 21 May.
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Equity and inclusion 31 January 2006 EI letter to the President of Afghanistan
EI sent a letter to the President of Afghanistan on 26 Jan 2006, urging him to take action on the series of attacks targeting educators in schools where children, especially girls, are studying across Afghanistan. EI released a press statement on the same day, asking the international community to redouble...
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Equity and inclusion 31 January 2006 Press Release 1/2006: Afghanistan - girls’ schooling under threat
Education International, which represents over 29 million teachers and education workers in the world, a thousand of whom are in Afghanistan, has asked the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, and the international community to redouble their efforts to guarantee girls’ education in Afghanistan and the safety of teachers who educate girls.
Press Release 1/2006: Afghanistan - girls’ schooling under threat