Articles from Argentina
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Union growth 12 June 2020 Argentina: Landmark collective agreement signed between the Ministry of Education and CTERA
The Argentinian government and CTERA, a member organisation of Education International, have signed an important collective agreement aimed at restructuring work in education during the lockdown and combating the work overload imposed by teleworking.
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Democracy 25 April 2020 “Intellectual property in times of Coronavirus”, by Yamile Socolovsky.
Yamile Socolovsky
The measures taken by most governments to try to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have been varied, and in some cases inadequate or too late. But almost everywhere in the world, cessation of face-to-face educational activities at all levels has been the rule.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 April 2020 “Teleworking for Teachers”, by Miguel Duhalde.
Miguel Duhalde
Argentina reported its first case of COVID-19 on 3 March 2020; by 19 March, the country declared a complete lockdown when the number of confirmed infections reached 128. In response to the crisis, the government adopted a series of health, social and economic measures to slow down the spread of...
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 March 2020 Argentina: “Seguimos Educando”, an initiative to combat the crisis
Following the closure of schools as a result of COVID-19, teachers in Argentina are working together to create educational content that would be accessible to all students.
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Union growth 12 March 2020 Beijing +25: "Making the Promise of Beijing a Reality for Learners and for Education Sector Workers."
madeleine kennedy macfoy
Examples of the work done by Education International and its member organisations in different parts of the world since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted in 1995, demonstrate the power of taking collective action to find collective solutions.
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Union growth 27 February 2020 Argentina reopens the Joint National Commission for Education with a salary increase
Education unions met with the President of Argentina to decide the next steps, after the government relaunched social dialogue.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 February 2020 Argentina: Trade Unions Welcome Revival of Social Dialogue
Following a year of trade union struggle, the government has issued a decree reinstating the National Joint Negotiation Committee for Teachers (Paritaria Nacional Docente).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 December 2019 "Inclusive Schools as a Political and Social Rights Space", by Gabriela Sancho Mena.
Gabriela Sancho Mena
An inclusive public school must be a space where everyone has a place. It is a right that must help strengthen all skills and abilities and encompass all the diversities in our society. It must also be a place of opportunity, reflection, debate, participatory action, invention, questions, research; a secular,...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 26 September 2019 Right to authorship, by Yamile Socolovsky
Yamile Socolovsky
Education International's decision to encourage discussion of an International Treaty concerning the exceptions and limitations to copyright for educational and research activities is both timely and necessary. The obstacles imposed on these activities by the excessively restrictive regulations in this area become remarkably difficult to overcome in the current context,...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 September 2019 Argentina: new video gives insights into mechanisms of privatisation and commercialisation in education
Focusing on the key findings of a study on the privatisation of education in Argentina commissioned by Education International, the Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina has launched the video ‘Educación S.A.’ to highlight how economic interests advocating for the privatisation and commercialisation of Argentina’s public...
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Equity and inclusion 28 August 2019 Argentina: CONADU takes measures to advance LGBTI rights
In August 2019, the Federation of University Teachers (Federación de Docentes Universitarios -CONADU) adopted a new protocol on discrimination, harassment and violence on grounds of gender or sexual orientation, perpetrated by their members.
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Leading the profession 25 July 2019 “Education Unions and the Struggle for Democracy”, by Hugo Yasky.
Hugo Rubén Yasky
“As we approach the centenary of the birth of Paulo Freire, whose teachings continue to inspire and influence our actions, the Latin American Pedagogical Movement, EILA and its national member organisations embody the collective will to defend education as a social right and a powerful means for the emancipation of...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 July 2019 “Productive capabilities develop TVET’s contribution to social justice”, by Gavin Moodie.
Gavin Moodie
Education International’s new report on "Technical and Vocational Education and Training as a Framework for Social Justice" charts a new way for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to advance social justice.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 April 2019 Argentina: Education unions unite in national strike
Education International extends its support and solidarity to Argentinian workers in their call for a National Strike on Tuesday, 30th April.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 December 2018 #UDHR70 – “A banner of struggle for humanity”, by Yamile Socolovsky
Yamile Socolovsky
On the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it seems inevitable that we ask ourselves whether in the ensuing time we have succeeded in advancing its goals, or whether those principles have ended up being nothing more than a well-intentioned, but ultimately futile statement of a humanistic...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 September 2018 Argentina: private interests are critically undermining public education
A new study reports on the worrying expansion of private interests in the public education sector in Argentina and its undermining effects on equity and quality education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2018 Argentina: Teachers Face Torture and Threats
Education International firmly condemns the attack on a teacher in Argentina.
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Standards and working conditions 24 August 2018 Statement to the G20 Education and Employment Ministers
As the voice of the world’s educators, we welcome the inclusion of education as a priority for the G20, and hope the commitment to education will be ensured moving forward into Japan in 2019.
Statement to the G20 Education and Employment Ministers