Articles from Senegal
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Trade union rights are human rights 2017-05-01 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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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2016-08-19 West Africa: Education partners commit to improve access to quality early childhood education
The importance of ensuring access for all to quality early childhood education in West and Central African countries was highlighted at a workshop organised by UNESCO BREDA in Dakar, Senegal, from 27-28 July.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2016-04-11 Young teachers raise their voices outside of the classroom to forge greater roles within their unions
To take on greater leadership and decision-making roles within their unions, young teachers met recently in Dakar to boost both the recruitment and participation of young members.
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Union growth 2015-12-17 Senegal: Unions defend right to strike in face of MP’s criticism
The Teachers’ Union of Senegal has struck back in response to a national parliamentarian’s call to implement repressive measures aimed at discouraging teachers and other education workers from striking.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2014-11-05 The Francophone trade union movement mobilising for quality education!
Local and global concerns about and commitments to education were presented to the Education Minister of Senegal by Francophone education unions affiliated to Education International (EI).
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Equity and inclusion 2013-06-07 Senegal: Education key to eliminating child labour - workshop
Eradicating child labour and improving the quality of education are inextricably linked. That’s according to Marième Sakho Dansokho, EI Executive Board member and General Secretary of SYPROS. She was speaking at EI’s “Omar's Dream” workshops on 3-4 June in Dakar, Senegal. The workshops explored the contribution teaching unions can make...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2010-03-29 Three questions to Mor Mbengue, Senegalese EFAIDS Coordinator
Mor Mbengue, coordinates COSSEL (Senegalese committee of teacher unions for EFA and against AIDS) and is Deputy General Secretary of Senegalese union UDEN. During the 5th Francophone Conference on HIV and AIDS in Casablanca in late March he will present CARVEE (Committee of Action and Research on Vulnerability in the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2009-07-01 Senegalese unions advocate for more support for girls’ school attendance
The Senegalese teacher unions have completed a survey of schools to identify the progress made and challenges faced in achieving gender equality in schools as part of their EFAIDS Programme.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2008-12-19 Teachers bring Courage, Hope and Cooperation to the HIV/AIDS response
CARVEE, a new inter-union network to support Senegalese teachers living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, emerged from the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) held in Dakar from December 3- 7.
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Standards and working conditions 2007-10-24 Senegal: 72-hour strike to make government fulfil its promises
Starting today, Senegalese teachers in primary and secondary public schools are on a 72-hour strike to make the government fulfil its promises on research and housing allowances.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2007-07-10 Senegal: Teacher Unions evaluate EFAIDS Programme
In mid June the Senegalese Committee of Education Unions against HIV/AIDS (COSSEL), which is composed of four EI affiliated teacher unions, namely, SNEEL-CNTS, SUDES, SYPROS and UDEN, carried out an evaluation of the EFAIDS Programme in Dakar.
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Standards and working conditions 2007-06-01 Senegal: government's failure to fulfil its promise forces teachers to strike again
Teachers in public primary and secondary schools in Senegal are on a 72-hour strike from 30 May to 1 June.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2007-05-15 Senegal: Teachers work to improve education
In the context of the EFAIDS Programme and Education for All in particular, the four teachers’ unions which constitute COSSEL (Senegalese Committee of Teachers Unions United against HIV/AIDS) held a workshop at the end of April on the reinforcement of teachers’ capacities on education-related matters.
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Standards and working conditions 2007-04-19 Senegal: Teachers invite government to the negotiation table
The Strike action in Senegal is the last resort for teachers in trying to persuade the government to return to dialogue.
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Standards and working conditions 2006-08-30 Senegal: teachers halt protest actions despite continuing deadlock in negotiations
The "Intersyndicale de l'enseignement du Sénégal" (Education Union Alliance of Senegal) has ceased its boycott of staff meetings and returned withheld examination papers as a sign of goodwill despite a continuing deadlock in their negotiations with the government.
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Standards and working conditions 2006-07-19 Senegal: teachers demand review of pay and working conditions
"Teaching is a profession, not volunteer work. Decent pay keeps education personnel motivated and devoted to their profession." In a letter to Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade on 14 July, EI expressed its regret that the government is slow in reacting to the demands of teachers to review their pay and...
Senegal: teachers demand review of pay and working conditions