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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.

   Education International launches Afghan Teachers’ Rights Observatory to elevate the voice of teachers and defend the 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.

   The unseen struggle and challenges of Afghan teachers

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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.

   Afghanistan: International solidarity to face human and education rights violations

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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.

   Afghanistan: Union ensures the distribution of allowances to unpaid teachers

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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 .

   Afghanistan: The Taliban regime must stop its attacks on the teaching profession

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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.

   Afghanistan: As the Taliban regime undermines education, peace and human rights, Education International and its member organisations step up their actions