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Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 June 2023 Strengthening education in Africa: uniting for tax justice and increased public funding
Educators in Africa came together for the Education Financing Forum: Go Public! Fund Education in Accra, Ghana from 21-22 June. The event, held in collaboration with the TaxEd Alliance, aimed to strengthen education unions' capacity in advocating for fair and just taxation to fully fund public education systems.
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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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Union renewal and development 9 January 2023 Africa: Education unions benefit from South-South development cooperation and solidarity
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) has undertaken a series of development cooperation activities with other education unions affiliated to Education International in neighbouring countries. It has especially supported the Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) in its efforts to recover from the damaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 April 2022 The impact of IMF policies on the public service wage bill in Zambia
Gideon Bulwani
There is sufficient evidence to suggest that the International Monetary Fund austerity measures have the potential to negatively affect Zambian ability to attain SDG 4. It is a paradox that the global system encourages investment in access to quality education for all, while putting obstacles along the path to the...
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Equity and inclusion 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.
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Equity and inclusion 10 December 2020 #16dayscampaign | “When teachers’ unions take action, schools become safer for everyone”, by madeleine kennedy-macfoy (EI) and Rex Fyles (Gender at Work).
Rex Fyles, madeleine kennedy macfoy
Gender-based violence in and around schools poses big challenges to education unions and their members. Because everyone in and around schools – teachers, students, education support personnel - can be both perpetrator and victim of such violence, school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a violation of both the right to quality...
#16dayscampaign | “When teachers’ unions take action, schools become safer for everyone”, by madeleine kennedy-macfoy (EI) and Rex Fyles (Gender at Work).
Resources
Education versus austerity
Teacher Wage Bill Constraints: Perspectives from the Classroom
The public versus austerity: Why public sector wage bill constraints must end
Education unions take action to end school-related gender-based violence
12 July 2021
Os Sindicatos da Educação tomam medidas para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
2 August 2021
Affiliates
Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia
BETUZ
Secondary School Teachers’ Union of Zambia
SESTUZ
Zambia National Union of Teachers
ZNUT