The 24th international General Conference of IFWEA will take place in Cape Town, South Africa in December 2023.
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IFWEA affiliate StreetNet celebrates 20 years in 2023. We spoke to founder Pat Horn, based in Durban, South Africa, about the inspiration for starting the organisation, and she shares her experiences and learnings:
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Actualmente estoy a cargo de la Coordinación y Facilitación de los Círculos de Estudio de IFWEA en Perú, ejecutados por PLADES (Programa Laboral de Desarrollo).
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Rocío Campana Campos from PLADES (Programa Laboral de Desarrollo) in Peru writes about her experience with IFWEA Study Circles.
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May Day 2023 provides a moment to reflect on the enormous challenges to people and the planet, says ITUC in a statement.
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WIEGO stands in solidarity with Elizabeth Tang, one of the world’s most principled and prominent women trade union leaders and activists.
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BWI reiterates its demand for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Myanmar, including trade unionists who were unjustly detained.
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IFWEA affiliate StreetNet facilitated a course for women negotiators members of their affiliate organization SLeTU, using WhatApp to run the course.
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Protests are often “testosterone-fuelled events”, as the Guardian newspaper puts it, but women are at the forefront of current pension protests in France.
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Tracy Adhiambo is a secretary for the Amalgamated Union of Kenya Metal Workers. Last year she was part of a youth group that received strategic ICT training from IFWEA through a collaboration with IndustriALL.
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“One year since it launched its illegal and brutal invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s campaign of murder and terror against the Ukrainian people continues, with the complicity of Belarus” – ITUC
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Nina Langit-Garcia is based in the Philippines, and she joins the IFWEA Secretariat as an Educator/Online Education Assistant. We spoke to Nina about her involvement in workers’ education.
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IndustriALL Global Union and IndustriAll European Trade Union support the call to “release all trade unionists who remain in detention and to drop all charges related to participation in peaceful protests and industrial actions”.
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Garikanai Shoko is the Regional Education Officer for BWI Africa and the Middle East. He speaks about working with IFWEA, and his aims for worker education.
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Myrtle Witbooi, a pioneering leader of the domestic worker movement died on January 16 2023 in Cape Town at age 75. She was an iconic figure in the South African and international labour movement.
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As the FIFA World Cup is played out Qatar, join the call for a global wave of support for migrant workers amongst activists, football fans, players, sports communities and the general public.
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The Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) General Secretary Ambet E. Yuson has released a statement from COP27 in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, calling for “real action” from COP27 leaders.
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Ela Ramesh Bhatt, founder of Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and a pioneer in advocating for women workers’ rights, passed away on 2 November 2022, aged 89.
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For the first time since 2019, the flagship IFWEA Youth Globalisation Awareness Programme (YGAP) was held in person, at Community House in Cape Town, South Africa.
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IFWEA Secretariat Educators Renaldi Prinsloo and Melanie Julie, attended and presented at the annual Moodle Moot Global conference this year in Barcelona, Spain. They reflect on the experience.
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