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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Human rights and values in education
Sneh Aurora
1 June 2016This paper was developed to provide context and background for the Education International Baltic Symposium on Human Rights and Values in Education which took place from 7 to 8 June 2016 in Riga, Latvia.
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Leading the profession Value-added measurement or modelling
Tore Bernt Sorensen
13 April 2016This discussion paper reviews the policy instrument of value-added measurement or modelling (VAM) and the implications the instrument has for teaching and learning in a global context. VAM is based on the assumption that it is possible to create adequately complex statistical models that capture the essential and universal factors...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Briefing: The potential impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on education
8 February 2016This briefing note looks into the potential impacts of the TPP for the education sector based on the text released on 5 November 2015. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a comprehensive trade and investment agreement covering 40% of the global economy.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Building the future through quality education
Policy paper on education
5 September 2015This policy paper challenges explicitly the narrow, instrumentalist view of education as solely teaching students to become skilled employees. Instead, it argues for a perspective on education that serves both the values of the society at local and global levels, as well as cultural, democratic, social, economic and environmental needs.
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Union growth Strengthening rights through education unions
Human & trade union rights policy paper
4 September 2015The Human and Trade Union Rights Policy Paper describes how human and trade union rights strengthen the work of education unions and provide a mandate for them to act on behalf of their members. This Policy Paper reflects the values and objectives promoted by EI through its constitution, policies and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Advocacy toolkit for teachers to provide a quality education
5 October 2014The EFA Global Monitoring Report, the International Task Force on Teachers for Education for All and Education International jointly produced an advocacy toolkit aiming to help teachers use evidence based recommendations for their advocacy.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Ending child labour - a resource manual for teachers and education unions
19 June 2014Child labour remains a human rights scourge more than a decade into the 21st century, affecting 168 million children worldwide by the best estimates. It denies millions of children their basic rights to education and childhood, permanently scarring their lives and their future as productive adults and citizens, those of...
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Equity and inclusion Women in Trade Unions and in Education: From Words to Action | 2nd Education International World Women's Conference
Conference Report
15 May 2014The second EI World Women’s Conference – Women in Trade Unions and in Education: From Words to Action - took place in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, April 7th-9th 2014, and focused on some of the issues that negatively affect women within education trade unions, and women and girls within education...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Tax Justice: A resource guide for education unions
6 May 2014This online resource guide is designed to help Education International (EI) affiliates be better informed about what advancements are being made by the tax justice movement, and what they can do in their own countries to ensure adequate funding of public services.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Teacher unions at the forefront of the fight against child labour: Good practice
18 December 2013Education International developed this brochure to inspire its affiliated teacher unions to commit to the struggle against child labour.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Child labour and Education for all
A resource guide for trade unions and a call against child labour and for education for all
16 October 2013The effective elimination of all forms of child labour is a key objective of the international trade union movement. Universal access to free, quality, compulsory, basic education is the foundation stone to achieve this goal. ILO Convention 138 makes clear the linkages between the elimination of child labour and access...
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Equity and inclusion On the Move for Equality | EI’s First World Women’s Conference
Conference Report
14 March 2011On the Move for Equality, EI’s first world women’s conference took place in Bangkok, Thailand, 20-23 January, 2011. This report outlines the discussions and outcomes of this ground-breaking event.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 ActionAid-EI education financing toolkit
10 December 2009This is a toolkit for establishing a strong system that will finance education regardless of country to origin or cultural background. These guidelines seek to help responsible countries end their lack of funding for education whether by domestic or international pressure.
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Trade union rights are human rights Education International Trade Union Rights Manual: A practical guide for unions defending their rights
10 December 2008The EI Trade Union Rights Manual shows how teacher organisations can draw the world’s attention in cases of local threats to freedom of association, collective bargaining, and workers’ rights. It describes international mechanisms that unions can call on to urge their country to live up to its commitments in support...