Articles
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16 March 2022 
World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies
StatementsEducation International (EI) welcomes the decision from the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to stop investing in the for-profit chain of schools, Bridge International Academies. The IFC had invested more than US$ 10 million in Bridge International Academies operations in Africa and supported the company's...
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28 January 2022 
Challenging global tech giants: the critical role of Global labour
Worlds of EducationIn a recent research paper, Carmen Ludwig and Edward Webster examined the role of global unions to contest the use and abuse of digital technology through transnational activism in two African contexts. Action included work with Education International’s Global Response against the privatisation of education.
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17 December 2021 
UNATU’s experience supporting teachers in refugee areas
Worlds of EducationUganda is considered the top refugee-hosting country in Africa and one of the top five hosting countries in the world. Statistics reveal that close to 1.5 million refugees live in Uganda.
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8 October 2021 
No Recovery from COVID-19 without Increased Support to Teachers
NewsBy Marco Grazia, Dennis Sinyolo & Gabriela Miranda
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6 October 2021 
Governments and Teacher Unions meet to discuss social and policy dialogue
NewsEducation International Africa and the International Institute for Capacity building in Africa (UNESCO-IICBA) co-organised the seminar on the Future of the Teaching Profession, in partnership with the International Taskforce for Teachers (ITTF) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The two-day online seminar took place from 30th September to 1st October...
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20 September 2021 
EI Africa Capacity Building moves to East Africa
NewsEducation International Africa (EI) organised a two-day Capacity Building subregional Workshop for East Africa. The workshop took place from the 15th to the 16th of September 2021. It was attended by more than 40 senior union leaders, women, and young leaders from Kenya (KUPPET, KNUT, UASU), Rwanda (SNER, SYNEDUC, SYPERWA),...
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Cooperation Projects
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2024 - 2025 Promoting social dialogue to eradicate child labour and strengthen quality education provisions in Uganda
Development of a child labour free zone in Kagulu (Buyende district).
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2023 Promoting social dialogue to eradicate child labour and strengthen quality education provisions in Uganda
Development of a child labour free zone in Kyesiiga sub county (Masaka district).
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2023 - 2025 Implementation of a Web-Based Management Information System for UNATU, 2023-2025
UNATU is part of a group of African unions that wants to improve the membership information management. The project supports building the system MemberIS (MIS) that has been originally conceived for TUICO from Tanzania. Implementation there plus some pilots elsewhere have proved how much it simplifies management, contributes to membership...
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Affiliates
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Uganda National Teachers Union
UNATU
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