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   Standards and working conditions 2 August 2021

   Rwanda: SYPERWA stands by teachers during the crisis

   Rwandan education workers’ union SYPERWA organised a tour to meet teachers from private schools and help them solve the problems encountered. Thanks to Education International’s COVID-19 solidarity fund, the union has been able to map the issues for teachers affected by COVID-19, provide legal assistance to teachers suspended as a...

   Rwanda: SYPERWA stands by teachers during the crisis

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   Union renewal and development 6 December 2020

   SYPERWA resolves to improve the financial capacity of their members

   The Education Staff Union of Rwanda (SYPERWA) has taken measures to improve the financial capacity of their members through the establishment of a solidarity fund for teachers. The decision was taken during the 3rd Congress of SYPERWA on 5th December 2020 held in Kigali.

   SYPERWA resolves to improve the financial capacity of their members

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   Equity and inclusion 20 November 2020

   Project Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education

   Project Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education

   Project Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education

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   Union growth 21 October 2020

   “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.

   Cherine Sabry

   Unions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...

   “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 October 2019

   “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.

   Mugwena Maluleke

   African nations actively participated in the development of the Sustainable Development Agenda that acknowledged the centrality of education in the achievement of all other plans for a better world. Like other nations of the world, they committed to the provision of a single, renewed education agenda that is holistic, ambitious...

   “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.

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   Equity and inclusion 20 June 2018

   On the importance of education for young refugees, by Gloria Ihirwe Ntakirutinka

   Gloria Ihirwe Ntakirutinka

   On the occasion of World Refugee Day, Gloria Ihirwe Ntakirutinka, a young Rwandan refugee pursuing higher education in Senegal, shares her experience and her fight for access to higher education for refugees.

   On the importance of education for young refugees, by Gloria Ihirwe Ntakirutinka