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Articles

  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2023

    Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour

    From India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.

    Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
  2. Trade union rights are human rights 19 June 2023

    Uganda: Education International condemns the horrific attack on Lhubiriha Secondary school

    Education International, the global federation of educators, strongly condemns the horrific attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe, Uganda and mourns in solidarity with the families and communities impacted by this devastating act of violence.

    Uganda: Education International condemns the horrific attack on Lhubiriha Secondary school
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 February 2023

    Overwhelmed, undervalued, and underpaid: Governments must act to support teachers in contexts of displacement

    Aloyo Stella Oryang

    Working as a teacher in an emergency situation is challenging but it can also be very rewarding. The opportunity to be a positive influence on my students, watching a student learn, grow and become a good person, knowing that I can be part of this process gives me a wonderful...

    Overwhelmed, undervalued, and underpaid: Governments must act to support teachers in contexts of displacement
  4. Trade union rights are human rights 20 July 2022

    Uganda: Government must put an immediate halt to the intimidation of teachers

    Education International has firmly condemned the intimidation of teachers currently taking industrial action led by the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU), an organisation affiliated to Education International.

    Uganda: Government must put an immediate halt to the intimidation of teachers
  5. Fighting the commercialisation of education 16 March 2022

    World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies

    Education International (EI) welcomes the decision from the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to stop investing in the for-profit chain of schools, Bridge International Academies. The IFC had invested more than US$ 10 million in Bridge International Academies operations in Africa and supported the company's...

    World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies
  6. Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 January 2022

    Challenging global tech giants: the critical role of Global labour

    Carmen Ludwig, Edward Webster

    In a recent research paper, Carmen Ludwig and Edward Webster examined the role of global unions to contest the use and abuse of digital technology through transnational activism in two African contexts. Action included work with Education International’s Global Response against the privatisation of education.

    Challenging global tech giants: the critical role of Global labour
All articles: Uganda

Resources

Name Date Type Lang

Crises and the COVID-19 pandemic: education responses and choices during times of disruptions

3 April 2023 file Download

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

Education of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Context of COVID-19: The Education for Life Project in Uganda and South Sudan

The Education for Life Project in Uganda and South Sudan
12 August 2021 file Download
Lições do Projeto de Educação para a Vida no Uganda e Sul do Sudão
12 August 2021 file Download

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