Articles from Afghanistan
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Equity and inclusion 8 June 2023 Shining a light on the right to education in Afghanistan
Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly
Today, the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations will discuss the desperate situation of human rights in Afghanistan, at the International Labour Conference, in Geneva. Through the Afghan Teachers’ Rights Observatory , Education International collects testimonies and calls attention to the terrible conditions facing teachers and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 February 2023 Education International launches Afghan Teachers’ Rights Observatory to elevate the voice of teachers and defend the right to education
The Observatory will gather data and testimonies on rights’ violations, amplify the voice of Afghan teachers, and work to restore girls’ right to education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 February 2023 The unseen struggle and challenges of Afghan teachers
Fazel Ahmad
During the last four decades, Afghanistan has witnessed a series of destructive wars, and it is a fact that war causes deaths, destroys infrastructures, and severely impacts various aspects of people's lives. Throughout these times, Afghan teachers have always served the youth of the country, with honesty and dedication.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 June 2022 Afghanistan: International solidarity to face human and education rights violations
International solidarity was reaffirmed at a webinar on Protecting the Right to Education of Girls in Afghanistan organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Unite the Union. Participants took stock of the educational and trade union situation in the country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 June 2022 Afghanistan: Union ensures the distribution of allowances to unpaid teachers
The National Teachers Elected Council (NTEC) has played a key role in ensuring that UNICEF’s badly needed emergency funds reach teachers across Afghanistan and advocating for secondary girls access to education be reinstated.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 June 2022 Afghanistan: The Taliban regime must stop its attacks on the teaching profession
Education International condemns the abusive measures imposed by the Taliban government on universities and higher education institutions in Afghanistan. These measures are in clear violation of the principles of academic freedom and institutional autonomy, as enshrined in the 1997 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the status of higher education teaching personnel .
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 May 2022 Afghanistan: As the Taliban regime undermines education, peace and human rights, Education International and its member organisations step up their actions
Education International’s Afghanistan Teachers’ Rights Observatory (ATRO), to be launched in September 2022, is the latest in a series of strong actions undertaken demonstrating the global education community’s solidarity with Afghan educators and populations, who are undergoing great hardship under the rule of the Taliban.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 May 2022 Afghanistan: reaffirming strong support for exiled trade unionists and for the return of democracy, freedom and equality
Together with French affiliates and leaders of French national and international trade union confederations, Education International took stock of the catastrophic situation of democracy and education in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. It also reiterated its commitment to and solidarity with Afghan trade unionists who, despite being exiled in France, are...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 March 2022 Afghanistan: The Taliban regime denies girls’ right to education
March 23rd was supposed to be a day of hope and a bright new beginning for girls across Afghanistan. The Taliban regime had promised to reopen secondary schools to girls eager to restart their education after months of disruption. These hopes were dashed by a last-minute change in policy that...
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Equity and inclusion 3 December 2021 Afghanistan: Education International “schools should never be targets of terrorism or violence”
Education International reiterated its support for education, peace, and human rights in Afghanistan as the country faces a deepening humanitarian crisis. Earlier this year, Education International and member organisations expressed grave concerns about the safety of educators and about equal access to education for all, especially for girls , after...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 November 2021 Forging global solidarity to safeguard rights
The 58th meeting of Education International’s Executive Board (ExBo), held virtually on 26 October, was marked by a solid commitment to vaccine equity from education unions around the world. Access to COVID-19 vaccines for teachers and education support personnel globally is essential for a safe and permanent return to onsite...
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Democracy 8 October 2021 Yemen: Education union takes the lead in ensuring freedom and quality education despite war
Education International stands in solidarity with the Yemen Teachers Syndicate (YTS), which continues its struggle to ensure that teachers’ human and trade human rights are respected. The YTS is also campaigning for teachers’ salaries to be paid by public authorities, so teachers can focus on delivering quality public education to...
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Equity and inclusion 17 August 2021 Afghanistan: Education International concerned about the violence and threat to inclusive quality education
In the wake of the increasing violence in Afghanistan, Education International has grave concerns about the safety of educators and about equal access to education for all, especially for girls.
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Equity and inclusion 10 May 2021 Afghanistan: Attack on girls' school "unjustifiable and morally repugnant"
Schools are centers of learning, inspiration and growth and must never be targets of terrorism and violence. We must defend girls' right to education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 February 2021 Afghanistan: Education union demands end to teachers’ salary and homes crisis
The Afghanistan Teacher Support Association (ATSA) has mobilised to get the national government authorities to fulfil their promise to increase teachers’ salaries and grant them land for their homes.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2019 “Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by Dr. Robert Jeyakumar.
Dr. Robert Jeyakumar
I woke up in Budapest on a fine summer morning to deliver a lecture using materials I had prepared in Malaysia in accordance with copyright exceptions allowed in Malaysia. Just before the lecture, I was informed that my materials did not conform to copyright laws in the EU. Dismay! This...
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Equity and inclusion 28 August 2018 Deadly attack on Afghan school: My daughter wanted to be a teacher...
Education International laments the cruel and devastating school bombing in the west part of Kabul, Afghanistan which killed 34 students and wounded 57 others.
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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.
This May Day, why not try solidarity?