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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2019

   “Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by Dr. Robert Jeyakumar.

   Dr. Robert Jeyakumar

   I woke up in Budapest on a fine summer morning to deliver a lecture using materials I had prepared in Malaysia in accordance with copyright exceptions allowed in Malaysia. Just before the lecture, I was informed that my materials did not conform to copyright laws in the EU. Dismay! This...

   “Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by Dr. Robert Jeyakumar.

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   Trade union rights are human rights 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.

   This May Day, why not try solidarity?
3. Union renewal and development 1 September 2016

   Management training for Sri Lanka’s teachers’ unions an ‘eye-opening’ experience

   Successfully running development programmes is a challenge for even the most experienced professionals, which is why Education International’s Sri Lankan affiliates jumped at the chance to learn from the experts.

   Management training for Sri Lanka’s teachers’ unions an ‘eye-opening’ experience
4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 November 2015

   Sri Lankan teachers work to make children’s education free of corporate influence

   Members of the All Ceylon Union of Teachers are preparing to combat the increasing privatisation and de-professionalisation in Sri Lanka’s Early Childhood Education sector, and look at ways of improving access and teachers’ working conditions.

   Sri Lankan teachers work to make children’s education free of corporate influence
5. Equity and inclusion 18 December 2013

   Sri Lanka: Seminar focused on union role in national legislation

   National laws, especially on gender issues, came under the spotlight at an International Labour Organisation (ILO)/National Laws Seminar evaluation and planning meeting attended by six EI affiliates from Sri Lanka. The seminar was organised by EI and its Norwegian affiliate, UEN, in Colombo, from 13-15 December.

   Sri Lanka: Seminar focused on union role in national legislation
6. Trade union rights are human rights 12 July 2011

   Sri Lanka: Thugs attack teacher unionists

   Teachers protesting in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, have been attacked by groups of armed thugs who are suspected of having close links with the government, according to the National Trade Union Centre (NTUC).

   Sri Lanka: Thugs attack teacher unionists