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Equity and inclusion 11 June 2026 Education International and its members bring over 5,700 children out of child labour and into school
Education International and its members are part of a program that empowers teachers and mobilises communities against child labour. The approach which involves capacity building, union partnership, and community engagement is delivering outstanding results and effecting enduring change.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 June 2025 Over 1,880 children brought back to school thanks to education unions working to end child labour
Across 6 countries in Africa, education union programmes against child labour are delivering life-changing results. In 2024 alone, over 1,880 former child labourers have been returned to classrooms in project areas in Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
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Leading the profession 23 April 2025 Education International brings hope and effective strategies to curb child labour
Thanks to an Education International project on child labour, working with union members and their local communities, 1,880 children were brought back to school last year in six participating countries: Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
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Equity and inclusion 10 December 2024 Malawi: Coming together across borders to eradicate child labour
Education unionists from Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe came together in Malawi to learn about successful local efforts to end child labour. From 1 to 6 December 2024, coordinators and project leaders spearheading the unions’ work against child labour had the opportunity to exchange know-how and good practice...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2023 Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
From India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.
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Union renewal and development 25 August 2022 The winds of trade union change blow across Africa
A webinar organised by Education International’s regional office for Africa (EIRAF) was the opportunity for an enriching and useful exchange of experiences of trade union renewal between member organisations in Cameroon, Mali, Senegal and Côte d'Ivoire.
The winds of trade union change blow across Africa
Development Cooperation Projects
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Development of child labour free zones
- Host organizations
- SNEC
- Cooperating organizations
- AOb, FNV Mondiaal, GEW Fair Childhood Foundation
- Countries
- Mali
- Start date
- 1 July 2017
- End date
- 30 June 2019
Affiliates
Syndicat National de l'Education et de la Culture UNTM
SNEC-UNTMBoulevard de l’indépendence B.P. 1316 Bamako