Articles from Brazil
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 April 2011 Students return to Brazil school where gunman shot 12
Students have returned to the school in Brazil where a gunman killed 12 children on 7 April. Those killed were between 10 and 13 years old, and all but two were girls.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 April 2011 EI expresses solidarity following school shooting in Brazil
On behalf of teachers and education workers around the world, Education International extends sincere condolences to the families and school community of the victims of the tragic shooting that took place on 7 April in Tasso da Silveira primary school in the Realengo district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Equity and inclusion 13 December 2010 Global LGBT movement to join human rights allies
More than 300 activists from 76 countries have participated in the 25th World Conference of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Trade union rights are human rights 26 July 2010 Brazil: Rio considers bullet-proofing favela schools
Authorities in Rio de Janeiro have come under renewed pressure to bulletproof up to 200 schools in conflict-stricken areas, after an 11-year-old boy was killed by a stray bullet during a maths lesson.
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Standards and working conditions 4 August 2008 Brazilian teachers win national standard professional wage scale
Brazilian educators are celebrating a new law that establishes a national standard salary, bringing to an end decades of inequity between teachers’ salaries in different regions of the country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 May 2008 Promoting Health Education in Brazil
The 2nd National Seminar on Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) /AIDS, organised by the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE) between March 31 – April 2, 2008, provided an opportunity for debate and progress on themes related to the EFAIDS programme.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 January 2008 Brazil: CNTE joins EI in the fight against HIV/AIDS and STDs
Last October CNTE/Brazil joined the EFAIDS Programme. The union kicked off their programme activities with a national level seminar on STDs and AIDS, which took place in Brasilia from October 2-4.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 18 June 2007 Brazil issues generic license for AIDS drug
In the latest test of the WTO’s rules on intellectual property rights, Brazil has issued a compulsory license for the patented AIDS drug efavirenz that will allow companies to import and eventually manufacture generic versions of the drug more cheaply.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 May 2007 Brazil: CNTE March for Education
Members of Brazilian EI affiliate the CNTE took to the streets in force to mark the 4th national march for education on 25th April; an initiative organised as part of the National Week in Defence and Promotion of Public Education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 April 2006 Global Action Week 2006: Meeting with Brazilian President Lula
In Brazil, education personnel and activists join hands in a large-scale mobilisation for the goal of Education For All as part of Global Action Week - an international mobilisation taking place this week.
Global Action Week 2006: Meeting with Brazilian President Lula