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   Democracy 17 June 2022

   Afghanistan: International solidarity to face human and education rights violations

   International solidarity was reaffirmed at a webinar on Protecting the Right to Education of Girls in Afghanistan organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Unite the Union. Participants took stock of the educational and trade union situation in the country.

   Afghanistan: International solidarity to face human and education rights violations

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   Trade union rights are human rights 9 June 2022

   Afghanistan: Union ensures the distribution of allowances to unpaid teachers

   The National Teachers Elected Council (NTEC) has played a key role in ensuring that UNICEF’s badly needed emergency funds reach teachers across Afghanistan and advocating for secondary girls access to education be reinstated.

   Afghanistan: Union ensures the distribution of allowances to unpaid teachers

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   Trade union rights are human rights 1 June 2022

   Afghanistan: The Taliban regime must stop its attacks on the teaching profession

   Education International condemns the abusive measures imposed by the Taliban government on universities and higher education institutions in Afghanistan. These measures are in clear violation of the principles of academic freedom and institutional autonomy, as enshrined in the 1997 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the status of higher education teaching personnel .

   Afghanistan: The Taliban regime must stop its attacks on the teaching profession

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   Trade union rights are human rights 25 May 2022

   Afghanistan: As the Taliban regime undermines education, peace and human rights, Education International and its member organisations step up their actions

   Education International’s Afghanistan Teachers’ Rights Observatory (ATRO), to be launched in September 2022, is the latest in a series of strong actions undertaken demonstrating the global education community’s solidarity with Afghan educators and populations, who are undergoing great hardship under the rule of the Taliban.

   Afghanistan: As the Taliban regime undermines education, peace and human rights, Education International and its member organisations step up their actions

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   Trade union rights are human rights 3 May 2022

   Afghanistan: reaffirming strong support for exiled trade unionists and for the return of democracy, freedom and equality

   Together with French affiliates and leaders of French national and international trade union confederations, Education International took stock of the catastrophic situation of democracy and education in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. It also reiterated its commitment to and solidarity with Afghan trade unionists who, despite being exiled in France, are...

   Afghanistan: reaffirming strong support for exiled trade unionists and for the return of democracy, freedom and equality

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 March 2022

   Afghanistan: The Taliban regime denies girls’ right to education

   March 23rd was supposed to be a day of hope and a bright new beginning for girls across Afghanistan. The Taliban regime had promised to reopen secondary schools to girls eager to restart their education after months of disruption. These hopes were dashed by a last-minute change in policy that...

   Afghanistan: The Taliban regime denies girls’ right to education