Articles from Burkina Faso
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Union growth 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.
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Union renewal and development 19 January 2016 Canadian educators killed in deadly Burkina Faso attacks
Education International has learned that members of its Quebec affiliate were among the 29 people killed during last weekend’s attack on a hotel by gunmen in Ouagadougou.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 September 2015 Burkina Faso: teachers' unions and civil society decisive in ending of the coup
Together with union federations and other independent unions from Burkina Faso gathered within the Union Action Unit, Education International’s member unions strongly acted to end the recent coup that took place in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 September 2014 Burkina Faso: EI helps teachers build quality tools
Developing suitable teaching and learning tools was the focus of a very successful Book Development Workshop (BDW) run by the Pan African Teachers’ Centre (PATC), the Professional Development Unit within the EI Africa Region (EIRAF) in Burkina Faso recently.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 July 2013 Burkina Faso: Respect for fundamental principles and rights at work
EI organised national training and awareness workshops on the International Labour Organisation's (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burkina Faso.
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Equity and inclusion 18 February 2013 Burkina Faso: trade union women’s congress
The Fédération des syndicats nationaux des travailleurs de l’éducation et de la recherche (F-SYNTER), held its fourth women’s congress on 26 January in Ougadougou. The education union received financial support from German colleagues in the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Bildung (GEW), also an EI affiliate.
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Union renewal and development 29 March 2010 Seeds of hope: Growing a network of green schools in Burkina Faso
Environmental education is a passion for Ouedraogo Ousséni. A teacher at Municipal School C in Kaya in the north-central region of Burkina Faso, he has been developing a plant nursery project with his Year 6 pupils since 2000.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 July 2007 Burkina Faso: Pandemic stabilising but teachers still at risk
The two teachers' unions working on the EFAIDS Programme in Burkina Faso - the National Union of Secondary and Higher Education Teachers (SNESS) and the National Union of African Teachers of Burkina (SNEAB - have commissioned a study to explore the impact of HIV and AIDS on the teaching body,...
Burkina Faso: Pandemic stabilising but teachers still at risk