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   Standards and working conditions 31 March 2026

   Mauritania: building union power across the country

   In Mauritania, the SNES (National Union of Secondary Education) is working with determination to support teachers and build union membership. With the support of the SNES–FSU in France, the union’s grassroots strategy has gained momentum over the years, and particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic.

   Mauritania: building union power across the country

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   Union renewal and development 27 October 2021

   Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund

   As the COVID-19 pandemic became global, education unions showed solidarity with a dedicated COVID Response Fund to support member organisations during school closures and where teachers were hit by the health crisis.

   Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund

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   Leading the profession 27 August 2021

   Mauritania: unions working more closely with teachers to meet their needs

   Through the use of Education International’s COVID-19 solidarity fund, its two affiliates in Mauritania have been able to conduct a series of joint school visits to meet with teachers. The initiative has helped boost the unions’ image and membership levels.

   Mauritania: unions working more closely with teachers to meet their needs

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   Union growth 26 March 2021

   Mauritania: Educators’ strike for pay increase and better living conditions

   On 22 March, teachers engaged in a three-day general strike to demand a pay increase and better living conditions. This strike was punctuated with massive protests near the Education Ministry headquarters in the capital city, Nouakchott, and in the various provinces.

   Mauritania: Educators’ strike for pay increase and better living conditions

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   Trade union rights are human rights 21 October 2020

   “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.

   Cherine Sabry

   Unions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...

   “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.

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   Trade union rights are human rights 21 October 2020

   Education International’s affiliates show tremendous solidarity amongst educators through the COVID-19 Response Fund

   From the very beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Education International called on global education union solidarity to help member organisations respond to the sanitary crisis and emerge stronger from it in terms of mobilising, organising and capacity-building.

   Education International’s affiliates show tremendous solidarity amongst educators through the COVID-19 Response Fund