Articles from Haiti
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Union growth 4 October 2023 Haiti: union building continues despite endemic violence
Despite the serious and persistent violence in Haiti, the trade union educators of the Union Nationale des Normaliens/Normaliennes et Éducateurs/Éducatrices d'Haïti (UNNOEH) have found the resources to recruit new activists and train them.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 February 2023 Haiti: Society and education communities in the grip of chaos
Georges Wilbert Franck
After the earthquake of 12 January 2010, that marked a painful turning point in the history of the Haitian people, the Republic of Haiti has experienced a succession of crises due to both natural and man-made disasters.
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Leading the profession 24 November 2022 Haiti: strengthening trade unionism in times of crisis
Thanks to considerable effort, the use of new technologies and international support, the education workers’ union, the Union nationale des normaliens/normaliennes et éducateurs/éducatrices d’Haïti (UNNOEH), was able to hold its 4th National Congress as a hybrid event and reaffirmed its determination to fight for quality public education for all in...
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 April 2022 Haiti: Seeds of international solidarity bear fruit
Education International is pleased to report that it has received letters from member organisations in Haiti informing it that the repression against union leaders has been lifted, following a strong show of solidarity from education unions around the world.
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Union renewal and development 27 October 2021 Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund
As the COVID-19 pandemic became global, education unions showed solidarity with a dedicated COVID Response Fund to support member organisations during school closures and where teachers were hit by the health crisis.
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Union renewal and development 9 September 2021 Haiti: Call for international solidarity with education colleagues after earthquake
Education International has launched an urgent action appeal for Haiti to assist trade unionists and teachers in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 July 2021 Raise your hand for better policies: How global partnerships can help transform policy dialogue
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed new policy challenges to public education systems and exacerbated long-standing ones. How can the Global Partnership for Education contribute to solving these complex policy puzzles? Join the conversation.
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Democracy 29 April 2021 Democracy in danger in Haiti: education unions mobilise
Despite the massive mobilisation of civil society, with the education unions in the front line, President Jovenel Moïse is eroding Haitian democracy a little more every day. The right to organise and the right to education are no longer respected. The country is sinking into violence, under the indifferent gaze...
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 November 2020 Haiti: financial support for trade union training on distance teaching and learning
Haitian affiliates have received support from Education International’s COVID-19 Solidarity Fund to set up training courses for teachers to learn about distance teaching.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 October 2020 Education International’s affiliates show tremendous solidarity amongst educators through the COVID-19 Response Fund
From the very beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Education International called on global education union solidarity to help member organisations respond to the sanitary crisis and emerge stronger from it in terms of mobilising, organising and capacity-building.
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Trade union rights are human rights 6 October 2020 Haiti: Solidarity of the global teacher trade union movement against government harassment of educators
Education International and its member organisations are monitoring the situation for teacher trade unionists fighting for free, quality public education for all in Haiti. In particular, they are putting pressure on the government to respect the human and trade union rights of educators
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 August 2020 Haiti: Education International condemns arbitrary transfers of education trade union leaders
Education International has expressed deep concern at the sudden decision by Haitian authorities to arbitrarily transfer a number of union leaders and activists, including several from the education sector.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 February 2020 Haiti: Generalised violence throws education system into chaos
As Haiti grapples with lawlessness and widespread violence, education unions warn of the terrible impact of the crisis on the country’s education system, with students, teachers and education workers in fear for their lives and schools closing down.
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Union growth 21 October 2019 Haiti: reopening schools despite the dire situation is essential
While Haiti’s political, economic and social situation has been deteriorating for months, recent weeks have been truly terrible, to the point that schools are now closed - a dramatic development given that without education, there can be no national development.
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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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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 February 2019 Haiti: trade union front for quality public education, social dialogue and a statute for teachers in the private sector
Despite many obstacles, Education International’s Haitian affiliates are jointly campaigning for quality public education and the establishment of a dialogue with the Minister of Education. They are also supporting a statute for teachers in the private sector.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 February 2019 Haiti endorses the Safe Schools Declaration
Education International welcomes the endorsement by Haiti of the Safe Schools Declaration, committing itself to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities during times of violent conflict.
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Union renewal and development 24 November 2017 Haiti: Toward a status for teachers in the private sector
On average, 90% of schools in Haiti are private, and they usually operate without being inspected, and the teachers working there have little or no job security or protections.
Haiti: Toward a status for teachers in the private sector