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Study Circles are changing the lives of women in Nepal – and inspiring others. We speak to two women who are in Study Circles with CLASS Nepal, and learn how they gained the skills and confidence. Read more.
Study Circles are changing the lives of women in Nepal – and inspiring others. We speak to two women who are in Study Circles with CLASS Nepal, and learn how they gained the skills and confidence. Read more.
You can also download our Study Circles for Social Change Information Packet and find out about forming your own Study Circle.
Foundation Skills for Social Change Programme
Build your skills for leadership and social change through IFWEA’s Foundation Skills for Social Change Programme. Explore our course catalogue in organisational development, digital skills, leadership, popular education, and labour movement issues designed for grassroots leaders and worker educators worldwide. Click here.
Strengthen your organisation or union
IFWEA offers dynamic online learning opportunities for trade unions, NGOs, community organisations, worker educators, and social justice movements worldwide. Download the IFWEA e-learning programme here.
IFWEA offers dynamic online learning opportunities for trade unions, NGOs, community organisations, worker educators, and social justice movements worldwide. Download the IFWEA e-learning programme here.
Our services include Moodle platform set up and management, and training for Moodle administrators and online educators.
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IFWEA is the only international organisation for worker educator associations. We provide a global space for workers to share resources and deepen their understanding of the transformative role of trade union and community struggles.
WHAT WE DO
We provide global education to trade unions and member-based associations in worker communities. Our programmes include Study Circles, Certificate Courses and an annual youth leadership project (YGAP).
ACTIVITIES AND COURSES
From Digital Skills to Study Circles to Leadership: Find out what programmes, courses, workshops and other activities are part of IFWEA’s schedule of activities. We also teach you how to design your own courses.
STUDY CIRCLES
Study circles enable small groups to learn together about how to advance their interests. They are essential for grassroots leaders to build up vibrant, democratic organisations. IFWEA study circles cover a range of topics including training for shop stewards, moderating online workshops, IT skills and more.
FOUNDATION SKILLS
The Foundation Skills for Social Change (FSSC) certificate programme is for leaders in trade unions and community organisations. The courses, designed by IFWEA affiliates with specific expertise, are user-friendly, relevant and practical. They include topics such as women’s leadership, and how to design online courses
OLA
The IFWEA Online Labour Academy (OLA) is an online education platform used by IFWEA affiliates to design and deliver online workplace, social and political education to their constituencies. The platform is highly flexible, allowing for a wide range of activities and resources to be used in courses. These can be moderated or self-managed.
YGAP
The Youth Global Awareness Programme (YGAP) is a vibrant exposure and exchange programme for young members of IFWEA affiliates and associated labour organisations. The programme develops the next generation of worker educators to tackle the challenges of the 21st century. To find out more about our YGAP programme, click the button below.
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Building resilience is just as important as building skills.![]()
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IFWEA affiiate Adult Learning Wales embeds resilience into its employability courses, equipping mature jobseekers and people new to their communities with the confidence, adaptability and practical job-seeking skills they need to succeed.![]()
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Worker education is about more than finding a job - it's about empowering people to thrive in work and in life. 🌍💙![]()
Read more: tinyurl.com/mpr9edfy
✊🏽 History shows a close link between organised workers and the health of democracy. ![]()
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When workers win the fight for higher wages, power in the workplace, and social protection, societies tend to be more prosperous, inclusive, and democratic. ![]()
As part of the struggle for a free society, Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa - Sentro and IFWEA affiliate Labor Education and Research Network - LEARN actively work for building worker’s electoral power. ![]()
Through the labour vote, they hope to channel workers aspirations, energy, and hopes towards a politics that goes beyond personalities - a politics of substance, programmes, and of social class. ![]()
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A chapter on the labour vote and its prospects in the Philippines, written by LEARN Executive Director Benjamin Alvero, is included in the book “Interregnum: Philippine Proggresive and Reform Politics in an Age of Authoritarian Nostalgia”.![]()
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A special thanks to FES Philippines and the La Salle Institute of Governance for the support and publication of the book![]()
Pagpupugay, Kasamang Benj Alvero!
Every app has a worker behind it. 🚴💻![]()
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From food delivery riders and ride-hailing drivers to data annotators, content moderators and AI trainers, millions of platform workers keep the digital economy running.![]()
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The ILO Convention No. 193 on Decent Work in the Platform Economy is the first international labour standard created specifically to protect these workers. It recognises that everyone working through digital platforms deserves fair treatment, safe working conditions, and fundamental rights at work.![]()
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Because decent work shouldn't depend on an app.![]()
Read our story: tinyurl.com/59t2p#C193##PlatformWorkersr#gigeconomyo#DecentWorkt#WorkersRightsights
👩🏽🏭 AI should benefit all - including workers.![]()
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AI is disrupting work as we know it. It can boost productivity and open new doors, but also push many out.![]()
We need skills and fair policies so innovation benefits all. #AIforGood
💡"Education and learning is an end in itself."![]()
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IFWEA affiliate The WEA: Adult Learning Within Reach recently hosted a webinar as part of their Lifelong Learning Labs campaign, debating why lifelong learning is being sidelined, and how it can be brought back. ![]()
Watch the recording: www.wea.org.uk/news-views/blog/labs-webinar #WEALabs
❤️ Without public education, Sweden is silent.![]()
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IFWEA affiliate ABF (Arbetarnas Bildningsförbund or the Workers' Educational Association) is Sweden’s largest liberal adult education (folkbildning) association. Deeply rooted in the Swedish labour movement, it receives state and municipal grants to provide democratically focused, non-formal adult education, cultural events, and lifelong learning for hundreds of thousands of participants annually. But what happens when that funding is removed?