Articles from Syria
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Trade union rights are human rights 2020-02-28 Syria: EI condemns the targeting of schools in the war
At least 20 civilians, including children and teachers, were killed in the Idlib region of Syria in airstrikes. Many more were wounded. The attack took place on 25 February and targeted eight school facilities.
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Equity and inclusion 2020-01-30 Investing in the crisis: Private participation in the education of Syrian refugees.
By Francine Menashy and Zeena Zakharia
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Trade union rights are human rights 2019-10-24 Syria: Education union reports terrible toll of Turkish military aggression in Northeastern Syria
According to one of Education International’s affiliates in Iraq, the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union, the Turkish attack in Northeastern Syria has already caused immense loss, with 18 teachers and 22 students killed, 810 schools damaged, 22 schools destroyed, and 86,000 students unable to attend classes. 5,000 refugees are reported to have...
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Union renewal and development 2019-10-17 Statement | Education International condemns Turkish aggression in Syria
The global education union federation draws attention to the long-term consequences of the Turkish military action in Syria for students and educators in the region.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2019-09-12 “Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by 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...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2018-07-03 Global Response research, reports and papers
The effects of commercialisation and privatisation have a serious impact on students, communities and public education systems. We use research as a guide to inform the campaign and create an accurate picture of trends, tendencies and outcomes.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2018-03-13 UN Human Rights Council addresses abuse of children’s rights in Syria
Driven by the desperate situation of Syrian children, Education International has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to increase the pressure on all parties to the conflict.
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Equity and inclusion 2017-10-18 NASUWT (UK) joins forces with Citizens UK to promote « refugee welcome schools »
The UK’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis means that at least 20,000 refugees from that conflict will arrive between now and 2020. Many will be resettled in communities that have never hosted refugees before.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2017-05-31 Investing in the crisis: Private participation in the education of Syrian refugees
This study explores the complex interrelationship between conflict and private sector participation through a case study of the education of Syrian refugees.
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Union growth 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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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2017-04-12 The Syrian refugee crisis is promoting a surge in privatisation
The interplay between crisis and private profit in the education sector is highlighted in a new study that focuses on the refugee crisis in Syria and the access to education of almost one million displaced children.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2016-10-28 Bombing of Syrian schools sparks outrage within the education community
Global condemnation has been swift and fierce following the bombings of schools in the cities of Hass and Aleppo, which have left at least 25 children and six teachers dead among scores of injured.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2016-08-05 Struggle to educate Syrian refugee children mounts as funding dries up
According to a new report released by Theirschool, a pledge made by world leaders to get all refugee Syrian children into school has fallen far short due to an urgent funding gap.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2016-02-04 In war-torn Syria, funding for education is the only hope for out-of-school children
Five years into the Syrian conflict, 2.1 million children have lost their schools, while another 700 thousand are struggling abroad as refugees without access to education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2014-10-03 Syria: International shock at death of 30 children in school bomb attack
EI has been shocked to learn that at least 30 Syrian children have been killed in a double bombing by a suicide attacker at a school in the government-controlled city of Homs.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2014-01-10 Global civil society drive to get Syrian children back to school
EI has welcomed the work done by A World at School to ensure that Syrian children get access to quality education. A World at School is a global initiative to mobilise efforts to deliver education and learning to the 57 million children globally who miss out on education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2013-11-12 Syria: School bombing injures students
This week, a mortar bomb struck an elementary school in the neighbourhood of Al-Zahira in southern Damascus, Syria, causing injuries among its students.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2012-12-06 28 students and teachers killed in mortar attack on Syrian school
According to media reports yesterday, at least 28 students and a teacher were killed when a mortar hit the Batiha school in al-Wafidin camp, a community of about 25,000 displaced people, about twenty kilometres northeast of the capital. The reports said Syria’s official Sana news agency accused Syrian rebel forces...
28 students and teachers killed in mortar attack on Syrian school