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   Trade union rights are human rights 6 August 2025

   Uruguay: a victory for justice and solidarity

   After more than four difficult years, during which Education International supported its affiliate FENAPES (National Federation of Secondary School Teachers), a significant victory has been achieved for teachers in Uruguay. This marks the end of a long struggle against political and trade union persecution.

   Uruguay: a victory for justice and solidarity

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   Trade union rights are human rights 5 June 2025

   International Labour Conference: Workers’ Group supports call to strengthen Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel

   Addressing the Committee on the Application of Standards at the International Labour Conference on June 3rd, EI President Mugwena Maluleke responded to the report of the joint ILO-UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART). As the Workers’ Group spokesperson, Maluleke welcomed the proposal...

   International Labour Conference: Workers’ Group supports call to strengthen Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel

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   Trade union rights are human rights 6 December 2024

   New series on Operation Condor seeks to recover the historical memory of Latin American dictatorships

   “We know that the first victims of the dictatorships were education professionals, who were the targets of control, persecution, imprisonment, torture, death, disappearance and the curtailment of free thought.”

   New series on Operation Condor seeks to recover the historical memory of Latin American dictatorships

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   Go public! Fund education 13 November 2024

   A pact for public education

   In a context of cuts and attacks on public education, the National Federation of Secondary School Teachers (FENAPES) of Uruguay has been at the forefront of resistance against the regressive policies of the right-wing coalition government. In this article, FENAPES will explain how it has defended education, its teachers and...

   A pact for public education

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 23 September 2024

   Uruguay: An urgent call to defend public education

   In a world facing a global teacher shortage, where the privatisation and commercialisation of education undermine the value of public service, Education International’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign stands as a vital movement. Led by the teaching profession, it is working to protect and strengthen public education across Latin America...

   Uruguay: An urgent call to defend public education

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   Standards and working conditions 1 April 2024

   Breaking boundaries: Teacher-led Learning Circles in Uruguay persist to develop promising formative assessment practice

   Unlike primary school teachers involved in the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project in its six other countries, the 20 teachers participating Uruguay have been involved in an accelerated programme of Professional Learning and Development (PLD).

   Breaking boundaries: Teacher-led Learning Circles in Uruguay persist to develop promising formative assessment practice