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  1. 9 June 2022

    Labels belong on bottles - not people

    Charles Adams

    Worlds of Education

    NAPTOSA is the second largest teachers’ union in South Africa serving education through its legacy organisations since 1904. The NAPTOSA leadership and membership represent the racial diversity of the country and are inclusive of the LGBTQI+ community.

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  2. 23 May 2022

    Global conference: Education is the key tool to end child labour

    News

    Education International and its member organisations underlined the importance of educators and their unions to eradicate child labour during the5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour held in Durban, South Africa, from 15-20 May. They also highlighted the need to provide teachers with training, and to ensure education...

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  3. 23 February 2022

    Education unions take action to curb teenage pregnancy

    News

    Education International (EI) Africa Women’s Network in Southern Africa (SAWEN) and the women network in Lusophone countries, with the support of Gender@Work resource persons, organised an online webinar on School Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV). The webinar aimed at increasing awareness on the issue of teenage pregnancy and mobilising union...

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  4. 21 December 2021

    Expanding Vaccines Beyond Our Borders

    Randi Weingarten Mugwena Maluleke

    Worlds of Education

    If there is one thing we never see again, let it be a crematorium waiting list. Let temporary morgue tents be just that—temporary. We have the capacity to make that happen—to prepare for the next global public health crisis, so we never see this level of chaos and destruction again,...

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  5. 16 December 2021

    Education unions in Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Canada, the USA and South Africa call on governments to support vaccine equity

    News

    Education International member organisations in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, the United States of America and South Africa are calling on governments to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments at the World Trade Organization. If adopted, the waiver would enable an expansion...

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  6. 10 November 2021

    UNICEF’s Innocenti Report on Teacher Absenteeism in Africa: The Wrong Approach at the Worst time by Dennis Sinyolo

    News

    In this NORRAG Highlights originally posted by NORRAG and cross-posted onEducation International inEnglish ,French andSpanish , Dennis Sinyolo, Director of the African regional office of Education International, the global union federation representing over 32 million teachers and education workers around the world, discusses teacher absenteeism in Africa. He claims that...

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Cooperation Projects

  1. 2022 - 2025

    Promoting educators' rights in Africa

    Absolute monarchy of Eswatini does not allow civic action, violent disruption of demonstrations and strikes is familiar for activists. Many are scared to organize, although there is plenty of space for improvement in working conditions. In Mozambique challenges are different, but not necessarily any minor. Union registration is complicated, and...

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  2. 2019

    ONP Congress (Mozambique)

    Crowning a global development cooperation initiative, the 4th Congress of the Organizaçao Nacional dos Professores (ONP) modified the organisation’s constitution to become a trade union able to engage in social dialogue and improve teachers’ working and living conditions.

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  3. 2008 - 2027

    African Women in Education Network (AWEN)

    AWEN is the EI Women’s Network in Africa. It was launched in May 2008 with the overall goal to promote Gender Equality in unions to strengthen these unions for the achievement of Quality Education for All. AWEN constitutes a platform for women educators sector to influence the political will in...

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