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A facilitator’s reflection on old methods and new lessons for ending school-related gender-based violence in Africa

Nina Benjamin, LRS Gender Equality Programme Leader, takes stock of her role supporting teacher trade unions in sub-Saharan Africa to create safe schools.

Working to end school-related gender-based violence: Writings by representatives of education unions from Eastern, West and Southern Africa

by LRS education unions / gender equality / ILO Convention 190 / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

Inspiring stories written by participants in the Education Unions Take Action to end School-Related Gender-Based Violence initiative.

School-related gender-based violence initiative: Profiling the participating trade unions

by LRS education unions / gender equality / ILO Convention 190 / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

Nine member trade unions of Educational International in Africa participated in the ‘Education unions take action to end school-related gender-based violence’ initiative.

Strategies to end school-related gender-based violence

by LRS education unions / gender equality / ILO Convention 190 / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

It’s possible to transform the norms, policies and practices that perpetuate gender-based violence in our schools when stakeholders act collectively.

5 years ago

The role of teachers in preventing gender-based violence in schools

by LRS education unions / gender equality / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

Teacher unions in South Africa are confronting school-related gender-based violence to restore a safe learning environment and the dignity of the teaching profession.

5 years ago

The Death Sentence of Being a Girl Child in The Gambia

by LRS education unions / gender equality / peer learning process / schools related gender based violence

In The Gambia where the prevalence of female genital mutilation in women aged 15-49 is 74.9%, trade union activists are breaking the culture of silence to ensure the girl child is safe.

5 years ago

A marriage not made in heaven

by Alieu Deen-Conteh education unions / gender based violence / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

A trade union activist’s personal tragedy sparked a flame that’s helping to fuel the fight against school-related gender-based violence in Sierra Leone. #EndSRGBV

Education unions take action to end school-related gender-based violence

by LRS education unions / gender equality / ILO Convention 190 / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

Teachers and education unions are at the forefront of the efforts to end school-related gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa.

5 years ago

Learning through reflection is an act of human struggle

by Nosipho Twala education unions / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

Trade union activists in Zambia used reflection to track the progress and impact of an initiative to address gender-based violence in schools in the Southern African country.

5 years ago

trade union activists in education sector

A right to learn without fear: working to end school-related gender-based violence in schools

by Nina Benjamin education unions / gender equality / peer learning process / school related gender based violence

School-Related Gender-Based Violence is violence that undermines the bodily integrity, human rights, and gender equality of all those involved in the school but primarily that of the school child.

6 years ago

A teachers’ union is determined to end violence in schools

by Nelly Nyagah education unions / gender equality / schools related gender based violence

Our interview with Dorcus Sekabate, the Vice President of Gender at the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), reminds us that violence in schools is a global tragedy.

6 years ago

The right answers on school safety

by Nina Benjamin education unions / gender based violence / gender equality / peer learning process / school related gender based violence / trade union development

To prevent and end school-related gender-based violence in sub-Saharan Africa, teacher unions are collaborating to find solutions that can bring sustainable changes.

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