Return-path: Received: (vpopmail 98318 invoked by uid 16); Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:54:14 +0000 Received: (qmail 98315 messnum 6759040 invoked from network[213.94.190.46/mailavas06.vendorsvc.cra.dublin.eircom.net]); Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:54:14 +0000 Received: from mailavas06.vendorsvc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (213.94.190.46) by mailscanned01.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (qp 98315) with SMTP; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:54:14 +0000 Received: from mail01.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (mail01.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.118.17]) by emailprotector.eircom.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.8) with SMTP id n25Hot54026722 for ; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:51:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: (qmail 60389 messnum 5549472 invoked from network[82.146.119.209/host09.4youall.com]); Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:50:54 +0000 Received: from host09.4youall.com (82.146.119.209) by mail01.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (qp 60389) with SMTP; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:50:54 +0000 Received: from host09.4youall.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by host09.4youall.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n25HwbHm003460 for ; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:58:37 +0100 Received: (from apache@localhost) by host09.4youall.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n25HwbG8007069; Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:58:37 +0100 Date: Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:58:37 +0100 From: EI Listmaster Subject: CONNECT Education International - International Women's Day, 8th March 2009 X-Sender: bounce@lists.ei-ie.org To: ifut@eircom.net Errors-to: bounce@lists.ei-ie.org Reply-to: "bounce@lists.ei-ie.org" Message-id: <7643230de635aee5bcc07ed656cdde62@lists.ei-ie.org> X-UIDL: 1236275654.98318.mailscanned01.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net,S=12693 MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: LISTS.EI-IE.ORG Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_MFvlFHqlBJLKH39l4As16w)" X-Priority: 3 Delivered-to: eircom.net-ifut@eircom.net Content-Antispam: Probably not spam. -86.04 < 3.00 [cc:-86.04 pf:-86.04 sa:0.00] Content-Security: Checked by F-Prot AVES (http://aves.f-prot.com/) X-Mailer-MsgId: aWZ1dEBlaXJjb20ubmV0 X-Mailer-CSID: Njc0XzYzMg== X-Antivirus: Scanned by F-Prot Antivirus (http://www.f-prot.com/) X-Authentication-warning: host09.4youall.com: apache set sender to bounce@lists.ei-ie.org using -f Status: U --Boundary_(ID_MFvlFHqlBJLKH39l4As16w) Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE CONNECT Education International (EI) International Women's Day, 8th March 2009 International Women=E2=80=99s Day is an occasion to review the ongoin= g struggle for women=E2=80=99s rights and gender equality. It is an opportunity to celebrate the progress made, as well as condemn the ongoing difficulties many women and girls face in their efforts to assert their rights to equality and justice. March 8 is also an opportunity to renew our commitment to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) which, if implemented, would help to ensure that women and girls were guarantee= d access to education and lives free from violence. In the current financial crisis, political leaders worldwide are spending more time, energy and money, saving banks and businesses, than improving standards of living for the millions of children, wome= n and men struggling to survive at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Many are literally starving because of the food crisis, loss of jobs, lower wages and cuts in social benefits. Many are illiterate and have no access to education. Two thirds of the one billion illiterate adults who have no access to basic education are women. The implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and achievemen= t of the Education for All commitments are under serious threat. The bail-out money for the financial and corporate sector is twenty times more than the amount needed to achieve all of the Millennium Goals at once! =E2=80=9CThe time has come to invest in people and focus global recovery strategies on social justice =E2=80=93 women are central to = this process,=E2=80=9D said Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary of Educati= on International. Investing in women and girls is part of the solution to building a sustainable future. Educated women have a multiplier effect on the levels of education and health of their families and on productivity for sustained economic growth. Educating girls and women enables them to become agents of change. It allows them to become part of the solution to the economic and environmental crisis, instead of mainly suffering its consequences. Important progress has been made in ensuring access to education for 40 million boys and girls over the last nine years, according to UNESCO. However, in the current scenario of widespread economic recession and political instability, Education International is seriously concerned about the potential for consequent setbacks to th= e implementation of the Development Goals in many countries. Teachers and their trade unions play an important role. They are committed to fighting for pay equity, the reconciliation of family an= d work, and equal opportunities for all women and girls. They are concerned especially about those who, every day, have to try to balance their multiple tasks while confronted with precarious work an= d low salaries. Trade unions also promote the rights of women and men t= o participate on equal terms in the political and economic decision-making processes which affect their lives. ___________________________________________________________ =09 =09=20 CONNECT is the electronic news bulletin of Education International. Education International is the Global Union Federation for teachers and education personnel. Our 30 million members represent all sectors of education, from pre-school to university, through 401 member organisations in 172 countries and territories. Education International . 5 bd du Roi Albert II . B-1210 Brussels . Belgium . Tel: +32-2-224-0611 . Fax: +32-2-224-0606 . Email: headoffice@ei-ie.org . Website: www.ei-ie.org Please do not reply to this email. 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International Wom= en's Day, 8th March 2009

International Women’s Day is an = occasion to review the ongoing struggle for women’s rights and = gender equality. It is an opportunity to celebrate the progress made,= as well as condemn the ongoing difficulties many women and girls fac= e in their efforts to assert their rights to equality and justice. Ma= rch 8 is also an opportunity to renew our commitment to the United Na= tions Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (C= EDAW) which, if implemented, would help to ensure that women and girl= s were guaranteed access to education and lives free from violence.

In the current financial crisis, political lea= ders worldwide are spending more time, energy and money, saving banks= and businesses, than improving standards of living for the millions = of children, women and men struggling to survive at the bottom of the= economic pyramid. Many are literally starving because of the food cr= isis, loss of jobs, lower wages and cuts in social benefits. Many are= illiterate and have no access to education. Two thirds of the one bi= llion illiterate adults who have no access to basic education are wom= en.

The implementation of the Millennium Developme= nt Goals and achievement of the Education for All commitments are und= er serious threat. The bail-out money for the financial and corporate= sector is twenty times more than the amount needed to achieve all of= the Millennium Goals at once! “The time has come to invest in = people and focus global recovery strategies on social justice –= women are central to this process,” said Fred van Leeuwen, Gen= eral Secretary of Education International.

Investing in women and girls is part of the so= lution to building a sustainable future. Educated women have a multip= lier effect on the levels of education and health of their families a= nd on productivity for sustained economic growth. Educating girls and= women enables them to become agents of change. It allows them to bec= ome part of the solution to the economic and environmental crisis, in= stead of mainly suffering its consequences.

Important progress has been made in ensuring a= ccess to education for 40 million boys and girls over the last nine y= ears, according to UNESCO. However, in the current scenario of widesp= read economic recession and political instability, Education Internat= ional is seriously concerned about the potential for consequent setba= cks to the implementation of the Development Goals in many countries.=

Teachers and their trade unions play an import= ant role. They are committed to fighting for pay equity, the reconcil= iation of family and work, and equal opportunities for all women and = girls. They are concerned especially about those who, every day, have= to try to balance their multiple tasks while confronted with precari= ous work and low salaries. Trade unions also promote the rights of wo= men and men to participate on equal terms in the political and econom= ic decision-making processes which affect their lives.

 

  
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CONNECT is the electronic news bull= etin of Education International.

Education International is the Glob= al Union Federation for teachers and education personnel. Our 30 mill= ion members represent all sectors of education, from pre-school to un= iversity, through 401 member organisations in 172 countries and terri= tories.

Education International · 5 = bd du Roi Albert II · B-1210 Brussels · Belgium ·= ; Tel: +32-2-224-0611 · Fax: +32-2-224-0606 · Email: headoffice@ei-ie.org Websit= e: www.ei-ie.org

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