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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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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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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The 24th International General Conference of IFWEA will take place in Cape Town, South Africa, for two days between Monday 4 December to Friday 8 December 2023.
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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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Arnaldo Forty Montero Colque is Project Director at the NGO CEPRODE (Center for the Promotion of Democracy, Dialogue and Development) in Bolivia. He is part of the IFWEA study circle on C190.
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Dr. Everline Aketch is the PSI Sub-regional Secretary for English-Speaking Africa, based in Uganda. She speaks to us about her background in organising and education, why she chose to do the course, and how she found it.
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Immaculate Mbali from KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa is Provincial Secretary for DENOSA and has been part of the TOT course. She speaks about the impact it has made.
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IFWEA Secretariat educators Melanie Julie and Renaldi Prinsloo’s paper on OLA has been accepted for presentation at the Moodle Global Conference “Education for the future” in Barcelona.
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Siyabulela Mama is part of the study circle on Climate Change, which he says directly relates to issues of drought and unemployment in his area of the Eastern Cape in South Africa.
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We spoke to Christy Shabeena Muthukumar, who works at the Institute of Social Development (ISD), an IFWEA affiliate in Sri Lanka, about her experiences in the C190 Study Circle.
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Jasen Mphepo, Executive Director of Patsime Trust, spoke about their edutainment project in Zimbabwe commissioned by IFWEA – and about a few surprises they encountered on the way.
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Bariyah Iyah, from the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), is part of the IFWEA Study Circle on Migrant Workers’ Rights. She speaks about her experience.
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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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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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