Articles from Somalia
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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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Trade union rights are human rights 31 March 2020 Somalia: Education union seeks guarantee of teachers’ salaries during COVID-19 school closures
While all schools in Somalia have been closed, the Somali National Union of Teachers is actively working to ensure that teachers, particularly those working in private educational settings, will continue to receive their salaries.
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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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Equity and inclusion 5 March 2019 #IWD2019 #Education Voices: “Educating Girls Matters: How You Can Help Change the World”, by Kayce Freed Jennings
Kayce Freed Jennings
This is true: educating girls will change the world. We know that. So why, then, are there still 130 million girls out of school and what can we do about it? What can you, as educators, do about it? What can your students do?
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 October 2017 Education International mourns the loss of Somali teachers and students
The aftermath of the horrific bombing of Mogadishu is being felt far from the capital as the education community expresses solidarity for colleagues lost in the violent act which has left hundreds dead.
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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 23 September 2011 Somalia: Humanitarian crisis puts schools at risk
Reports from international aid organisations project that hundreds of thousands of Somali schoolchildren are expected to drop out from classes this month as a result of the humanitarian crisis in the country. EI’s affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has called on the international community to provide the humanitarian...
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Union renewal and development 12 September 2011 UK: Teacher quits post for Somalia ministerial role
A school support teacher from London has resigned from his job after unexpectedly being appointed as deputy prime minister of Somalia. Mohamed Ibrahim had been a learning support teacher at Newman Catholic College in Harlesden, north London, for two years when he was appointed to the post. The 64-year-old has...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 September 2010 EU-funded education support programme for Somalia launched
A European Union-funded programme to support Somali administrations in developing a well-structured education and training system has been launched in north east and north west Somalia.
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 December 2009 International Human Rights Day: EI condemns attacks on Somali graduation ceremony
As the world marks 10 December, International Human Rights Day, Education International once again asserts that the right to education is a fundamental and inalienable right of every person, and denounces last week’s bombing of a graduation ceremony in Somalia.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 January 2009 The end of education in Somalia
Five teachers and eight students have been killed, and nearly 30, 000 more students have been deprived of the right to education after the last schools still operating in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu were closed in mid-October due to the unacceptable risk of violence.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 October 2008 Somalia: the end of education
Five teachers and eight students have been killed, and nearly 30, 000 more students have been deprived of the right to education after the last schools still operating in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu were closed in mid-October due to the unacceptable risk of violence.
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Standards and working conditions 10 October 2008 EI urges Somalia to make schools safe sanctuaries
With the country in turmoil, the public education system in a state of collapse, and teachers under attack, Education International is deeply concerned that Somali teachers and students are suffering profound violations of their rights on a daily basis.
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Standards and working conditions 7 June 2006 Working Under Fire: being a teacher in Somalia
The following is an article Education International (EI) received from Mr. Abdurahman Hassan Warsame, Vice-president of the Somalia National Union of Teachers (SNUT), which has applied for EI membership. EI does not currently have an affiliate in the war-torn country.
Working Under Fire: being a teacher in Somalia