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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2023 Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
From India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 June 2023 Go Public! Finance quality, equitable, and inclusive education in Africa
Top education union leaders from Cameroon, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zambia took stock of gains in their fight against education privatisation through the Education International (EI) Global Response campaign and committed to continue these efforts through EI's Go Public! Fund Education campaign to mobilise to fully fund public education systems and...
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Solidarity in emergencies 23 March 2023 Education International brings support to help cushion the impact of Cyclone Freddy
The global union federation representing educators worldwide has brought financial support using its Solidarity Fund to help students, teachers and education support personnel severely affected by devastation caused by tropical Cyclone Freddy in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 February 2023 Malawi: Education union action rescues children from forced labour and keeps them in schools
Education International member organisations in Malawi, the Teachers' Union of Malawi (TUM) and the Private Schools Employees Union of Malawi (PSEUM), were able to bring over 1,000 children back to school and prevent 1,200 others from dropping out.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 April 2022 Economically disadvantaged Malawi teachers bear the brunt of IMF wage bill policies
Dr. Limbani Eliya Nsapato
Malawi has a long-term relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which drives the country’s macroeconomic policies, often to the detriment of progress in targeted sectors such as education and health. Malawi became a member of the IMF on 19 July 1965 and has had at least 16 arrangements (loans)...
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Standards and working conditions 12 October 2021 New research: IMF imposed austerity slashes three million frontline workers from world’s most fragile education and health systems
New research by ActionAid, Public Services International, and Education International warns that the International Monetary Fund’s demands to cut public sector employee costs undermine progress on health and education.
New research: IMF imposed austerity slashes three million frontline workers from world’s most fragile education and health systems
Resources
Education versus austerity
Teacher Wage Bill Constraints: Perspectives from the Classroom
The public versus austerity: Why public sector wage bill constraints must end
The bedrock of inclusion: why investing in the education workforce is critical to the delivery of SDG4
Affiliates
Private Schools Employees Union of Malawi (PSEUM)
PSEUM
Teachers' Union of Malawi
TUM