▷ Youth Globalisation Awareness Programme (YGAP) - Educator Profiles:
◽️   Jenny Andersson - Sweden
◽️  Yoshida Quinteros -  Bolivia 

▷ Foundations Skills for Social Change (FSSC) Certificate              Programme
-  learn more about this curriculum,  as well as the Online Workers’ Education Learnership
 

In this interview she tells us how she started doing education work, and what she has learnt about solidarity.

She explains why solidarity with women is important - and has provided the Spanish translation of the solidarity song  #ICANTKEEPQUIET, an anthem of the Women's March on Washington in USA, which is being sung by women-led groups globally.

▶️  #ICANTKEEPQUIET  www.ifwea.org/songSPANISH

The Indian Academy for Self Employed Women (IASEW) started the course "Women's Leadership" using the Online Labour Academy (OLA). Doing the first lecture is IASEW Director and IFWEA Vice President Namrata Bali.

▶️  join IASEW on Facebook
 www.facebook.com/profileIASEW#

▷ Foundations Skills for Social Change (FSSC) Certificate Programme

The courses are designed by IFWEA affiliates who have expertise in these fields and are accessible and user-friendly.

They provide course participants with theoretical and analytical skills to enhance their educational, organising and mobilising role as grassroots leaders.

FSSC Online Workers’ Education Learnership
 

The learnership provides young worker educators with the skills to design and introduce study circles and online education courses aimed at promoting the interests of young workers in trade unions and community organisations.

Course outlines are available on IFWEA's Online Labour Academy (OLA) at www.ifweaonline.org 

If your organisation is interested in delivering these courses to members, or if your organisation would like to contribute a course, or access the learnership - please contact Saliem Patel: saliem@lrs.org.za 

▶️  more on the FSSC Programme www.ifwea.org/FSSCprogramme#

▷ Study Circles For Social Change (SCSC) Programme  

◽️  "ICANTKEEPQUIET" Study Circle in Solidarity with Women's Movement in USA and Globally

This global study circle was inspired by the anthem #ICANTKEEPQUIET sung by a choir of women at the Women’s March on Washington in the United States of America on 21st January 2017. It started with IFWEA members in South Africa and includes members in Bolivia, Pakistan, Sweden and Zimbabwe.

▶️  South Africa - watch "#ICANTKEEPQUIET"  www.youtube.com/songSOUTHAFRICA#

▶️  Sweden - watch Jenny Andersson  www.youtube.com/IFWEAJAsweden#

▶️  Bolivia - read a Spanish version of the lyrics  www.ifwea.org/songSPANISH

◽️  "Towards an Education Association" - Study Circle Facilitators' Workshop

The 'Study Circles for Social Change' programme held a workshop with 25 study circle facilitators for 2 days. The study circle facilitators engaged about the need, structure and programme of the association they would like to establish.

Members kept the programme going with dancing, drama, poetry and singing. A group were nominated to plan the next step.

▶️   study circle facilitators Malethu and Tajma lead the group in a South African / Swedish dance collaboration - watch here www.youtube.com/SCSCsasweden#
 

In the meantime study circles continue to be formed and project news is shared on the website 
▶️  www.ifwea.org/study-circles-for-social-change

You can join the study circles community on Facebook here 
▶️  www.facebook.com/StudyCirclesSA/

▷ Making Your Mark - Youth Human Rights Ambassadors:
     in Limerick, Ireland and Cape Town, South Africa 

◽️  "This year IFWEA launches the Making your Mark project. Targeting young people between the ages of 16 and 25 years, the project aims to make equality and human rights real for young people through equipping them to promote political participation for youth social justice and inclusion.

Activities are designed to empower young people to develop their own political understanding and agency to preserve, protect and promote equality and human rights. 

In 2017, IFWEA is conducting a pilot phase seeking to establish a confident, empowered and enthusiastic group of young people who meet regularly and champion political engagement to promote human rights activism amongst young people."

▶️  read more about the project activity www.ifwea.org/making-your-mark-youth#

▷GLOBAL:  ENGLISH / ESPAÑOL / FRANÇAIS
◽️  International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) 
"The #ITFyouth conference has wrapped up in Argentina. Watch young transport workers from your region and section in action... #WeAreITF 
La Conferencia de la Juventud ITF ya ha concluido en Argentina. Vean a los trabajadores del transporte de sus regiones y secciones en plena acción...#SomosITF
La conférence des jeunes de l'ITF en Argentine vient de se terminer. Regardez les jeunes travailleuses et travailleurs de votre section ou votre région à l'œuvre! #itfyouth... #NousSommesITF "

▶️  www.facebook.com/ITFglobal/videos/#WeAreITF

"If you’ve ever attended a Labor Notes Conference or Troublemakers School or picked up one of our books, you know that everything we do draws on the organizing know-how and creativity of rank-and-file workers.

This style of education is known around the world as “popular education.” In the U.S., it was pioneered at a school tucked away in the hazy Appalachian mountains of East Tennessee. For decades the Highlander Center has been at the heart of some of our country’s most important social movements."

"This free course will show you how to fight back where you work and win. Beating Apathy is a step-by-step guide to building power on the job. Covering 29 of the 47 secrets from the smash hit Labor Notes book Secrets of a Successful Organizer, it's packed with real-life examples, practical tips, and hands-on exercises to help you apply the insights and know-how of generations of organizers.

In eight downloadable lessons you’ll discover how to:

• identify the key issues in your workplace
• build campaigns to tackle them
• anticipate management’s tricks and traps
• inspire your co-workers to stand together despite their fears"