Articles from Colombia
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Union growth 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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Democracy 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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Trade union rights are human rights 26 October 2018 Colombia: unions demand Government action following the murder of an indigenous teacher
The teachers’ union FECODE has reported the murder to various government bodies and demands that action be taken to investigate the case and prosecute those responsible.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 July 2018 In Latin America, teachers and students champion the right to attend university, by Yamile Socolovsky
Yamile Socolovsky
15 June marked the centenary of the university reform led by the student movement in Córdoba, Argentina. This pioneering reform paved the way for a democratic reconstruction of academic institutions that shook the entire region. The transformation of Latin American public universities became a permanent battleground between those who yearned...
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Union growth 10 July 2018 Colombia: stop the wave of violence and harassment targeting education unionists!
Education International supports its affiliate, the Federación Colombiana de Educadores, in denouncing and firmly condemning assassinations and threats targeting Colombian educators, trade unionists, and social leaders.
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Union growth 4 July 2018 Defending the right to education! Latin American teachers’ unions fighting against making education a business, by Gabriela Sancho
Gabriela Sancho
What is becoming increasingly significant in the rest of the world has long since been reality in Latin America; education as a business. To get parents to send their children to fee-paying private schools and students to attend expensive private universities, the public education system has had to be maligned...
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Union growth 23 May 2017 Colombia: Solidarity in the wake of attacks against teachers union
Just days after an attack on the head office of Colombian teachers union FECODE, the international community has already been quick to express its solidarity and support of Colombian teachers and the peace process.
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Union renewal and development 15 May 2017 Colombia: Educators say funding for education is key to make peace-deal real
After three days of strikes, the stand-off between the government and education unions over funding remains unresolved.
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Union growth 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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Trade union rights are human rights 20 December 2016 Colombian academic speaks about armed conflict and human rights
Together with Education International Deputy General Secretary David Edwards, Colombian academic Miguel Ángel Beltrán discusses challenges to the implementation of human and trade union rights in his country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 November 2016 Voyage to international conference becomes an odyssey for Colombian academic
Miguel Angel Beltrán, a prominent academic invited to deliver a keynote on free speech at Education International’s higher education conference in Ghana had to once again overcome political discrimination in order to reach his destination.
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Union renewal and development 8 September 2016 America unites for peace in Colombia as country prepares to vote
Teacher unions of the Americas are campaigning in favour of the ‘Yes’ vote ahead of a crucial referendum that will put an end to more than five decades of war in Colombia.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 September 2016 Colombian academic freed from prison
After more than a year in prison, Miguel Ángel Beltrán, a Colombian academic, has been acquitted from his 8 year sentence by the Colombian Supreme Court, making him a free man.
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 August 2016 Colombia: unions support peace process
As Colombia takes the final steps towards a lasting peace deal between the Government and the FARC rebels (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), trade unions are supporting a nation-wide campaign in favour of its adoption.
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Union growth 9 March 2016 Colombia: EI demands immediate release of academic and unionist Miguel Ángel Beltrán
Education International has launched an urgent action appeal in support of jailed Colombian academic and unionist Miguel Ángel Beltrán.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 November 2015 Education unions increase efforts to release imprisoned Colombian Academic
Education International has joined education unions’ calls for the immediate release of Colombian academic Dr Miguel Ángel Beltrán Villegas, who remains detained in Bogotá since his arrest on 31 July of this year.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 November 2015 EI Executive Board remembers slain Colombian teacher union leader
The assassination of Marcelis Mendes, the President of Coveñas regional subdivision of the Colombian Teachers Federation, was forcefully condemned by Education International’s Executive Board in Brussels.
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Union renewal and development 26 July 2015 Plight of teachers in Korea, Colombia, Nepal, and Iran raised in urgent resolutions
Sungho Byun, President of the Korean Teachers and Education, brought an urgent resolution before Congress in response to the 60 thousand teachers from KTU who lost their union after the government decertified them earlier this year.
Plight of teachers in Korea, Colombia, Nepal, and Iran raised in urgent resolutions