Articles from Brazil
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 January 2014 Brazil: Union to tackle non-education issues in 2014
‘Education, development and social inclusion’ was the theme of the 32nd Congress of the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE), EI’s affiliate in Brazil, held from 16-19 January in Brasilia.
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Union renewal and development 21 September 2013 Latin America: Putting education at the heart of social transformation
About 700 teachers came together at EI’s Latin America Regional conference entitled Towards a Latin American Pedagogical Movement, taking place from 19-21 September in Recife, Brazil.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 June 2013 Brazil: CNTE shows solidarity with protests but rejects violence
Since June 12, Brazil has seen numerous protests, mostly organised by young people, which began after the announcement of an increase in the price of public transportation in cities across the country. However, the scope of the demonstrations shows that public transportation is just one of the protesters’ concerns.
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Equity and inclusion 13 June 2013 Brazil: EI calls for investigation into assassination of indigenous land protestor
EI and its affiliate in Brazil, the Confederaçao Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educaçao (CNTE), have condemned the death of Terena native Oziel Gabriel during a land conflict in the municipality of Sidrolândia on 30 May in Mato Grosso do Sul.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 September 2012 National Conferences in Brazil: giving the power back to the peopleNational Conferences in Brazil: giving the power back to the people
Jim Baker
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2012 Brazil: March to strengthen public education
On 5 September, over 10,000 protesters took to the streets of Brasilia and other Brazilian states under the banner: Independence equals quality education and decent work. They demanded the strengthening of public education through the approval in 2012 of the National Plan for Education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 July 2012 Brazil set to spend 10% of GDP on public education
On 26 June, Brazil's National Congress made history by setting the percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to be spent on public education at 10 per cent. After months of struggle, EI’s affiliate, Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE), has achieved one of its most important objectives of recent...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 June 2012 Rio+20: EI representatives join labour movement activities
Two big rallies were organised during the Earth Summit, Rio+20, gathering of world political leaders: the “World March of Women” against the “false green economy”, and the March of the “Peoples' Summit” on 20 June, convened by the CUT, the main Brazilian trade union centre in Brazil. EI was represented...
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Standards and working conditions 14 March 2012 Brazil: Teachers strike over low pay
Public school teachers in Brazil have joined a national strike from 14-16 March. EI’s affiliate, Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE), is coordinating the nationwide movement aiming at achieving two key demands.
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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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