Education International is the federation of organisations representing over 30 million teachers and other education workers, through 384 member organisations in 169 countries and territories. http://www.ei-ie.org en-uk http://www.ei-ie.org/image/rss_logo.gif http://www.ei-ie.org 144 37 http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=567&theme=sexual&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=567&theme=sexual&country=global Ninety delegates to the 5th World Congress of Education International met to discuss issues relating to LGBT educators and students as part of the pre-congress programme. sexual Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:18:52 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=417&theme=sexual&country=poland http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=417&theme=sexual&country=poland Over 12 000 teachers from all over the country gathered in Warsaw on 21 March to protest against the government harassment of gay and lesbian teachers and teachers with left-wing sympathies. sexual Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:48:47 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=217&theme=sexual&country=poland http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=217&theme=sexual&country=poland Education International has written to the Polish minister of national education, Roman Giertych, following the dismissal of Miroslaw Sielatycki, Director of the National In-Service Teacher Training Center (CODN). sexual Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:49:28 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=189&theme=sexual&country=canada http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=189&theme=sexual&country=canada EI affiliate, the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF), is pleased to release on this National Day Against Homophobia, 17 May, "The Gay-Straight Student Alliance Handbook", the latest in a series of publications aiming to help teachers, school administrators and counselors in understanding the educational, health and safety needs of bisexual, gay, lesbian, trans-identified and two-spirited (BGLTT) students. sexual Thu, 18 May 2006 08:55:42 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=88&theme=sexual&country=australia http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=88&theme=sexual&country=australia EI affiliate the NTEU is a member of WorkersOut! - a collective of unions and union members who identify as lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex (LGBTI) working together to raise the profile and importance of union membership across the LGBTI community. sexual Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:30:14 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=78&theme=sexual&country=uk http://www.ei-ie.org/lgbt/en/newsshow.php?id=78&theme=sexual&country=uk "With the increasing multicultural nature of western European societies, new obstacles have emerged for the achievement of LGTB rights. We hear of teachers who no longer dare to be open about their sexual orientation, afraid of hostile reactions by students some of whom are driven by religious fanatism," said EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen, at a conference on homophobia around the world organized by the British Trade Unions Congress (TUC) on 6 February in London. sexual Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:50:03 GMT