Articles from Sudan
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Democracy 7 October 2024 World Day for Decent Work: Educators call for peace
On October 7, World Day for Decent Work, educators around the world join the global union movement in calling for peace and democracy for all. Without peace, there can be no social justice, and without social justice, peace cannot last.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 April 2023 Sudan – Education International calls for the protection of students, teachers and education facilities
Education International strongly advocates for the right to education and condemns any actions that jeopardize this fundamental human right. The ongoing fighting in Sudan has resulted in restricted movement and disrupted access to education, which is crucial for the country's stability and development.
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Union growth 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...
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Leading the profession 17 October 2019 “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.
Mugwena Maluleke
African nations actively participated in the development of the Sustainable Development Agenda that acknowledged the centrality of education in the achievement of all other plans for a better world. Like other nations of the world, they committed to the provision of a single, renewed education agenda that is holistic, ambitious...
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Democracy 18 March 2019 Sudan: In solidarity with human rights activists
As strikes and protests calling for democratic change increase in Sudan, Education International expresses solidarity with the academics and unionists and supports their demands.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 June 2018 On World Refugee Day: Safe, quality education for all learners
Education is a human right and a public good helping to enable people at all stages in their lives to achieve their maximum potential. This includes the right to learn and right to teach for refugees and migrants in every corner of the world.
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 February 2015 Safe schools must be a priority in wake of South Sudan mass abduction
The blatant kidnapping of 89 school boys preparing for exams last week stands as another callous example of the dangers students face in conflict zones, and of the threat education poses to those seeking power.
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Union growth 18 December 2012 Women trade unionists call for justice for Jalila Khamis Koko
Jalila Khamis Koko is a teacher from the Sudan, who has been charged on five criminal counts and faces the death penalty; she has been detained for more than nine months, with no charges brought against her until now.
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News 3 December 2007 Sudan: EI expresses relief at the release of UK teacher
EI has expressed its relief following the release of Gillian Gibbons from a Sudanese prison. Gibbons, a British teacher, was jailed for blasphemy after her students named a teddy bear Muhammad.
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News 9 October 2006 EI campaigns for a decisive UN mandate in Darfur
Education International has joined the campaign to endorse the deployment of a meaningful UN peacekeeping force in Darfur, urging the Sudanese Government to accept the presence of the United Nations peacekeeping force when the mandate of the African Union peacekeeping force comes to an end.
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31 May 2006 A refugee teacher in Darfur, by Jean-Claude Badoux
To the east of Chad around a dozen camps are spread over an area of extremely dry land, 60 km wide and 400 km long, exposed to the sandstorms. 240,000 people from different ethnic groups have arrived here from Darfur, Sudan, since 2003. The arrival of refugees continues steadily due...
A refugee teacher in Darfur, by Jean-Claude Badoux