World Teachers’ Day: Together for teachers, together for tomorrow
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Over 1,880 children brought back to school thanks to education unions working to end child labour
As war escalates, Education International calls for peace, dialogue, and respect for the right to education
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News 22 September 2025 A visit with a message: Solidarity and support to IMAK and the people of Greenland
Magnus Jonsson, President of the Icelandic Teachers Federation and Education International General Secretary David Edwards, undertook a solidarity mission to Greenland from September 17 – 19, to bring support from EI members and learn about the important work of IMAK, the Greenlandic Teachers Union.
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Take action! 21 September 2025 World Teachers’ Day: Together for teachers, together for tomorrow
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This World Teachers’ Day, join the global mobilisation calling on governments everywhere to invest in teachers and to support us in creating a peaceful, more fair and sustainable future for all.
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Statements 19 September 2025 Message of Solidarity and Support to IMAK and the People of Greenland
Education International is an organization founded on universal principles of human rights, democracy, peace and human dignity. Our members are the educators of the world, a global profession anchored in our global union federation that was forged in a response to the horrors of world wars as well as brutal...
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News 17 September 2025 Education unions celebrate Democracy Day by mobilising and organising to defend it
Democracy is a core value of education unions around the world. On the International Day of Democracy, 15 September, education unions from Education International came together online to reaffirm their commitment to defending and advancing democracy, sharing insights into the challenges they are facing and strategising the way forward.
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News 15 September 2025 From dialogue to action: lusophone unions ask their governments to Go Public! and fund education
In response to shrinking foreign aid, rapid digitalisation, and growing threats to democracy, Education International-affiliated Lusophone teachers’ unions convened on July 16 in Guinea-Bissau to reinforce social and policy dialogue. The meeting aimed to advance EI’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign , strengthening collective efforts to defend and promote quality...
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Worlds of Education 15 September 2025 Women lead for learning - Insights from the 2025 Gender Report
Anna Cristina D'Addio
Although the global majority of teachers are women, the Gender Report of the 2025 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, Women lead for learning , confirms that the “glass ceiling” still blocks women from top positions in education. The report also shows that when women do lead, they often drive inclusion,...
Women lead for learning - Insights from the 2025 Gender Report