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23 April 2025 
Education International brings hope and effective strategies to curb child labour
NewsThanks to an Education International project on child labour, working with union members and their local communities, 1,880 children were brought back to school last year in six participating countries: Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
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7 July 2023 
Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
NewsFrom 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.
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23 June 2023 
Go Public! Finance quality, equitable, and inclusive education in Africa
NewsTop 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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23 March 2023 
Education International brings support to help cushion the impact of Cyclone Freddy
NewsThe global union federation representing educators worldwide has brought financial support using its Solidarity Fund to help students, teachers and education support personnel severely affected by devastation caused by tropical Cyclone Freddy in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique.
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23 February 2023 
Malawi: Education union action rescues children from forced labour and keeps them in schools
NewsEducation International member organisations in Malawi, the Teachers' Union of Malawi (TUM) and the Private Schools Employees Union of Malawi (PSEUM), were able to bring over 1,000 children back to school and prevent 1,200 others from dropping out.
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24 June 2022 
Education versus austerity
Why public sector wage bill constraints undermine teachers and public education systems -and must end
PublicationsAt least 69 million more teachers are needed by 2030 to achieve the sustainable development goal on education, yet around the word existing teachers face low pay and deteriorating conditions, affecting the status of the profession. There is a clear common cause uniting low pay and teacher shortages – both...
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Cooperation Projects
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2022 - 2025 Quality early childhood education and decent working conditions for ECE teachers on the African continent
The project seeks mainly the mobilisation and recruitment of ECE personnel into teacher union in view of fighting for their labour rights and improving their professional standards.
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2021 - 2023 Promoting social dialogue to eradicate child labour and strengthen quality education provisions in Malawi
Development of a child labour free zone in Chigudu (Dowa district).
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2008 - 2027 African Women in Education Network (AWEN)
AWEN is the EI Women’s Network in Africa. It was launched in May 2008 with the overall goal to promote Gender Equality in unions to strengthen these unions for the achievement of Quality Education for All. AWEN constitutes a platform for women educators sector to influence the political will in...
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Affiliates
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Private Schools Employees Union of Malawi (PSEUM)
PSEUM
P/Bag A210Lilongwetel: +265 172.52.70fax: +265 172.52.70 -
Teachers' Union of Malawi
TUM
Aphunzitsi CentrePlot No. 37/14 & 15Private Bag 11Lilongwetel: +265 999459238tel: +265 1 727.301