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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...
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 May 2020 “In Africa, making use of the Ebola epidemic experience to combat coronavirus”, by Kadiatou Bah and Salifou Camara.
Salifou Camara, Kadiatou Bah
Guineans have drawn lessons from Ebola, which has killed more than 2,500 people in our country. The country had neglected the disease when the first cases began in 2013 in a forest region around 900 kilometers from the capital. The first victims were not isolated, which encouraged contamination until an...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 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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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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Union renewal and development 12 November 2008 Post-primary vocational education in Guinea
Marcel Larocque is the president of the Association of French Speaking Teachers of New Brunswick in Canada. In April 2008, he went to Guinea to evaluate the effects and potential for development of a post-primary education programme organised by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF). He was accompanied by the Canadian...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 June 2007 Guinea: Conference looks towards reconstructing democracy
Since 1983, Guinea has been in the midst of a dictatorial regime led by Lansana Conté. In the last four years the level of social conflict and violence has heightened significantly, culminating in a two-month strike, the mobilisation of large sections of the population by the trade union centres and...
Guinea: Conference looks towards reconstructing democracy
Affiliates
Fédération Syndicale Professionnelle de l'Education
FSPE
Syndicat Libre des Enseignants et Chercheurs de Guinée
SLECG