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  1. 25 May 2023

    SYNAEM-Benin Celebrates 20 Years of Existence

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    Syndicat National des Enseignants des Écoles Maternelles du Bénin (SYNAEM Benin), the Teachers and Workers Union organizing in early childhood education in Benin, commemorated their 20th anniversary on Saturday, May 13, 2023.The event was held at the Bourse du Travail in Cotonou, and was led by their Secretary General, Elvis...

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  2. 16 May 2023

    Development Cooperation to Strengthen Effective Social and Policy Dialogue in Chad

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    Education International promotes the application of International Labour (ILO) Standards, including freedom of association and the right to organise, to bargain collectively and to undertake industrial action, including strike action, if necessary. EI also supports the right of teachers and education employees’ organisations to participate in the formulation and implementation...

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  3. 12 May 2023

    Malawi: Unions rescue their members following Cyclone Freddy

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    On April 11, 2023, Teachers Union of Malawi (TUM) officials loaded a truck with relief food items and drove to Mpatsa Primary School in Malawi's lower Shire region, in the Nsanje district. They met 73 teachers at Mpatsa Primary School and gave each one a bag of maize flour and...

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  4. 6 May 2023

    Ivory Coast: Teachers mobilise communities to end child labour

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    In the rural region of Soubré, Côte d'Ivoire, teachers play a key role in the fight against child labour. Thanks to the training provided by the SYNADEEPCI union in partnership with Education International, UNICEF, and Save the Children, education professionals have learned to distinguish between work that is socialising and...

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  5. 4 May 2023

    Ivory Coast: Teachers mobilise communities to end child labour

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    In the rural region of Soubré, Côte d'Ivoire, teachers play a key role in the fight against child labour. Thanks to the training provided by the SYNADEEPCI union in partnership with Education International, UNICEF, and Save the Children, education professionals have learned to distinguish between work that is socialising and...

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  6. 12 April 2023

    Eswatini: Education International fully supports education unionists

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    Education International (EI) sent a High-Level Mission to Eswatini to reiterate on-site the support of the education union community to colleagues in the country, and to urge the national governmental authorities to put an immediate halt to the persecution of Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) leaders, introduce democratic governance...

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  7. 11 April 2023

    Eswatini: Education International fully supports education unionists

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    Education International (EI) sent a High-Level Mission to Eswatini to reiterate on-site the support of the education union community to colleagues in the country, and to urge the national governmental authorities to put an immediate halt to the persecution of Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) leaders, introduce democratic governance...

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