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Unions are a vital guarantor of human rights! Union leaders from the\u00a0Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association (SLWJA)<\/strong>, the\u00a0Free Media Movement (FMM)<\/strong>,\u00a0the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions (FMETU)<\/strong>, and the\u00a0Maldives Journalists Association (MJA)<\/strong>\u00a0attended an IFJ-run Union Leadership and Organising Training of Trainers (ToT) from 26 to 30 May at Kithul Kanda, Padukka, out of Colombo City, Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

The training, attended by 16 representatives is designed to build effective leadership and campaigning strategies when organising for power and will be followed by further training sessions run by attendees.<\/p>\n

The Norsk Journalistlag and Union To Union supported and funded this activity.\u00a0 This workshop was made possible and Organised by IFJ Asia Pacific.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Unions are a vital guarantor of human rights! 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