Burkina Faso

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Union renewal and development 27 July 2023
Burkina Faso: Teacher unionists' capacity building through development cooperation

In partnership with the Canadian Teachers' Federation, Burkina Faso's Syndicat National des Enseignants du Secondaire et du Supérieur (SNESS) organised the 14th edition of a training session for in-service activists.
Burkina Faso: Teacher unionists' capacity building through development cooperation
Democracy 20 July 2022
Burkina Faso: teacher trade unionists work for democracy despite numerous political crises

Following a series of coups d'état in Burkina Faso, the most recent of which took place on 24 January 2022, the Syndicat national des enseignants du secondaire et du supérieur (SNESS - National Union of Secondary and Higher Education Teachers), with financial support from the Canadian Teachers' Federation, organised a...
Burkina Faso: teacher trade unionists work for democracy despite numerous political crises
Standards and working conditions 25 February 2021
2021 EIARC meeting: A clarion call to defend education and educators’ rights

2021 EIARC meeting: A clarion call to defend education and educators’ rights
2021 EIARC meeting: A clarion call to defend education and educators’ rights
Leading the profession 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...
“Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.
Trade union rights are human rights 20 October 2020
UN Special Rapporteur calls on African Governments to involve Teachers Unions

UN Special Rapporteur calls on African Governments to involve Teachers Unions
UN Special Rapporteur calls on African Governments to involve Teachers Unions
Union renewal and development 7 October 2020
Governments and Teacher Unions renew their working commitment

Governments and Teacher Unions renew their working commitment
Governments and Teacher Unions renew their working commitment