Articles
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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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23 April 2022 
Economically disadvantaged Malawi teachers bear the brunt of IMF wage bill policies
Worlds of EducationMalawi has a long-term relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which drives the country’s macroeconomic policies, often to the detriment of progress in targeted sectors such as education and health. Malawi became a member of the IMF on 19 July 1965 and has had at least 16 arrangements (loans)...
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20 April 2022 
Teacher Wage Bill Constraints: Perspectives from the Classroom
ResearchConstraints to the teacher wage bill blocks teacher recruitment and limits teacher salaries. This exacerbates teacher shortages and decreases the attractiveness of the profession, impeding the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education for all.
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12 October 2021 
The public versus austerity: Why public sector wage bill constraints must end
ActionAid, Education International, Public Services International
ResearchThe world faces a series of interconnecting crises and responding to them will demand a complete disruption of business as usual. In the light of Covid-19, the growing debt crisis, rising inequality, gender injustice, and the climate crisis there is an urgent need to revisit the fundamental redistributive role of...
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12 October 2021 
New research: IMF imposed austerity slashes three million frontline workers from world’s most fragile education and health systems
NewsNew research by ActionAid, Public Services International, and Education International warns that the International Monetary Fund’s demands to cut public sector employee costs undermine progress on health and education.
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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