IFWEA affiliate AOF Norway celebrated their 90th Jubilee by asking their member organisations to make a donation to IFWEA – which they generously did!
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Patsimeredu Edutainment used theatre and other communication strategies to promote worker education and stimulate dialogue amongst workplace communities.
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On International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Trade unions are acting to ensure that LGBTIQ workers are protected and can enjoy their rights in law and in practice.
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Octavia Mohlala is the Operations Manager at UNI Africa. She is part of the group of participants enrolled in the IFWEA programme How to Design an Online Course.
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Britt Baatjes is currently on a contract with the WIEGO School, and decided to sign up for How to Design an Online Course with IFWEA. She speaks about her experience:
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At a time when global tensions are high, trade unions, as the largest democratic and representative force on earth, are in the forefront of defending democracy and overcoming the devastating impacts of war.
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StreetNet International is appealing for assistance for their affiliate in Ukraine, the Free Trade Union of Entrepreneurs of Ukraine (VPPU), a 20,000-person strong union of market vendors and small scale entrepreneurs.
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How do you organise when your country is invaded and your colleagues, your friends and your family are all in danger? Oksana Abboud from StreetNet International talks to us.
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A number of IFWEA affiliates have issued statements condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent effect on workers and their families.
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The ITUC has launched a petition calling the United Nations human rights chief to urgently update the two-year-old database of companies operating illegally in Israeli settlements on Palestinian land.
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IFWEA has announced courses for 2022, which include training on digital tools and methods, how to design your own online course, and participatory online pedagogy.
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IFWEA e-learning developer Melanie Julie spoke to DGB Bildungswerk about the recent training sessions on Digital Tools and Methods for Conducting Online Trade Union Activities.
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While an online version of YGAP is obviously more challenging then meeting in person, the engaged and informed participation of young leaders was both impressive and inspiring. And a lot of fun!
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The new Impact 2021 report from The WEA, the UK’s the UK’s largest voluntary sector provider of adult education, reveals the extent community learning helps adults improve their employability and life chances.
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Lucy Hewes is a tutor with IFWEA affiliated the WEA (Workers’ Educational Association) in the UK. Earlier this year she won the WEA award for Digitally Innovative Teaching, for how she adapted her classes once Covid-19 struck.
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IFWEA’s unique Youth Globalisation Awareness Programme (YGAP) turns ten in 2021. Each year, young staff members drawn from IFWEA affiliates or associated labour organisations have come to Cape Town, South Africa
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IFWEA affiliate Indian Academy For Self Employed Women (IASEW), popularly known as SEWA Academy, celebrates 25 years in 2021, from humble beginnings to international prominence.
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The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy union coalition, and a former affiliate of IFWEA, is to disband, citing fears for safety as a major reason.
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IFWEA General Secretary Sahra Ryklief has thrown down the gauntlet and challenged unions to re-energize and re-tool for today’s global ‘new normal’ in her essay for the US–Africa Bridge Building Project.
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There is still time to get involved in the biggest global conversation about our future. Workers around the world will invite their employers to discuss plans for resilience and sustainable business on or around 22 September 2021.
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