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Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 April 2007 US Democrats unveil trade strategy
Congressional Democratic leaders unveiled a set of policy principles that they want incorporated into several pending free trade agreements (FTAs), as well as the country's broader trade agenda.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 24 April 2007 USA: college groups issue GATS warning
Two dozen groups representing American colleges are urging the United States and other member countries of the WTO not to make GATS concessions that would threaten higher education institutions.
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News 23 April 2007 Members of the Pan-European Equality Commitee honoured Memories of Holocaust Victims
Members of the Pan-European Equality Standing Committee honored the memories of the victims of the Holocaust with a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp memorial on 22 April, prior to their meeting in Krakow, Poland.
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Standards and working conditions 19 April 2007 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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Equity and inclusion 19 April 2007 New bulletin on the Global Task Force on Child Labour and Education For All
A new bulletin on the Global Task Force (GTF) on Child Labour and Education For All has been released.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007 New EFAIDS website launched
This month, EI is pleased to announce the launch of the new EFAIDS Programme website: www.ei-ie.org/efaids.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007 28 April: HIV/AIDS Campaign at centre of Global Union efforts
April 28 is a day to commemorate the 2 million workers who die, the 1.2 million who are injured, and the 160 million who fall ill each year due to unsafe, unhealthy, or unsustainable work and workplaces. AIDS is among the principal causes of death and illness amongst workers and...
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007 BTU Botswana take stock of progress
In the framework of its EFAIDS Programme, the BTU/Botswana has recently been engaged in a number of worthwhile activities. Whether engaged in advocacy work to improve the rights of people living with HIV and AIDS or reinforcing partnerships towards the achievement of Education for All (EFA), the union has been...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 April 2007 Caribbean unions express concern for Haitian children
The Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) has expressed their deep concern about the thousands of Haitian children who are being denied their fundamental human right to a “good quality public education”.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007 KNUT/Kenya awards schools on HIV/AIDS prevention efforts
In October 2006 a competition for schools participating in the KNUT/AFT HIV/AIDS programme got off the ground with the involvement of 105 schools. EI provided support for this initiative which was heralded as an excellent method of motivating schools to step up their HIV/AIDS education efforts.
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Equity and inclusion 18 April 2007 BUT/Barbados steps up efforts to stop child labour
At a recent Child Labour workshop conducted by the Barbados Ministry of Labour and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Cobin Hinds, Public Relations Officer of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), spoke about incidences of child labour in Barbados and in particular the exposure of children to hazards on construction...
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Union growth 18 April 2007 ETA/Ethiopia Programme Coordinator Freed
Earlier this year we reported on the detention of three elected officers of the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA), including Meqcha Mengistu, a member of the Committee for the implementation of the EFAIDS Programme. The three men were finally released on 22 March after three months of imprisonment and torture and...
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007 Global Unions meet in Geneva and Johannesburg to discuss cooperation
Education International represents teachers unions worldwide and, as such, is one of the sectoral global unions confronted with the HIV and AIDS pandemic. Clearly many other trade union organisations from other sectors also face the impact of the pandemic. Just as the teachers represented by EI, also the miners, the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007 Francophone HIV/AIDS Conference underlines importance of prevention
Late last month, Paris was the setting for the 4th Francophone Conference on HIV and AIDS. Speakers participating in the event underlined the urgent need to pursue a dual approach to fighting AIDS which would give priority to both prevention and treatment.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007 Male circumcision: calls for caution over potential to prevent HIV
In March UNAIDS and the WHO issued official recommendations on the basis of new evidence demonstrating that circumcised men are up to 60% less likely to get HIV than those who are not. Since then, experts have issued statements warning that this evidence should be greeted with caution. Although circumcision...
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007 Interview with Clementine Dehwe, Global Unions HIV and AIDS Coordinator
Over the last year the Global Unions organised five sub-regional workshops on HIV and AIDS in Africa which were attended by national trade union centres and unions. EI affiliates played a key role in these events.
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Union renewal and development 18 April 2007 EI Research Network meets in Brussels
Members of Education International’s Research Network are conducting their third meeting in Brussels on 18th and 19th April.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 April 2007 US Campus Massacre: "Safety in schools cannot be compromised," says EI
EI expresses its shock at the murder of 33 people on the campus of Virginia Tech on 16 April by a lone gunman. 17 others were wounded.
US Campus Massacre: "Safety in schools cannot be compromised," says EI