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Equity and inclusion 10 December 2024 Malawi: Coming together across borders to eradicate child labour
Education unionists from Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe came together in Malawi to learn about successful local efforts to end child labour. From 1 to 6 December 2024, coordinators and project leaders spearheading the unions’ work against child labour had the opportunity to exchange know-how and good practice...
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Equity and inclusion 14 June 2024 Togo: Raising awareness is the key to combating child labour
A pilot project carried out by the Fédération des Syndicats de l'Education Nationale (Federation of National Education Unions - FESEN) in the region of Sotouboua, in central Togo, is helping to change attitudes so that child labour is no longer considered acceptable. Agricultural and domestic work are the main activities...
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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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Union renewal and development 14 October 2020 Member organisations celebrate World Teachers’ Day
Member organisations celebrate World Teachers’ Day
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 26 August 2020 Togo: Education union calls for improvements to living and working conditions of private-sector teachers
The Fédération des syndicats de l'Éducation nationale (FESEN) has urged Togolese education ministers to tackle the issue of insecurity affecting teachers in the private sector so that “their ordeal can come to an end.”
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Equity and inclusion 19 August 2020 Teacher unions raise awareness on child labour amidst Covid-19
Child labour amidst Covid19
Teacher unions raise awareness on child labour amidst Covid-19
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Fédération des Syndicats de l'Education Nationale
FESEN