Articles from India
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 October 2007 India: Sex Education in Schools
Since the first case was detected in the 1980s, AIDS has become one of the largest killers in the world. Every day, some 7,200 young people are contracting HIV in the world. In India, 15% of HIV/AIDS patients are children under 15 years of age. At a time when HIV...
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Trade union rights are human rights 15 May 2007 India: Teachers' unions condemn ban on sex education
In March the state government of Maharashtra, India announced its intention to ban sex education in schools across the state. The Indian teachers' union AIFTO immediately condemned the move as a "retrograde step in the otherwise progressive state of Maharashtra." If the ban goes through, the state will join Karnataka,...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 May 2007 Interview with Mrs. Sulbha Donde
Sulbha Donde is the Chairperson of the Women’s Network at EI's member organisation, the All India Primary Teachers Federation (AIPTF).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 March 2007 Indian Teachers' Unions step up efforts to amend the Right to Education Bill
Teachers’ unions in India are lobbying hard for changes to be made to the draft Right to Education Bill.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 February 2007 Indian students collect five million signatures
Five million signatures collected by the Students' Federation of India (SFI) from across the country demanding the protection of public education were submitted to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on January 22, 2007.
Indian students collect five million signatures